Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S2

Men's 50m Backstroke S2 at the XII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Swimming
Venue	Olympic Aquatic Centre (Athens)
Dates	27 September 2004
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning time	1:05.51
Medalists
James Anderson   Great Britain   Miroslaw Piesak   Poland   Georgios Kapellakis   Greece

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50m freestyle	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100m freestyle	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
400m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m breaststroke		SB2	SB3
100m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50m butterfly				S4	S5
	S6	S7
100m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150m medley			SM3	SM4
200m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts) 4 × 100m (49pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts) 4 × 100m (49pts)

The Men's 50 metre backstroke S2 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 27 September.^[1] It was won by James Anderson, representing Great Britain.^[2]

1st Round

Qualified for final round

Heat 1

27 Sept. 2004, morning session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Curtis Lovejoy (USA)	1:04.43	WR
2	Pekka Kantola (FIN)	1:15.45
3	Denys Zhumela (UKR)	1:16.01
4	Vojtech Franek (CZE)	1:17.67
5	Antonios Kymoundris (GRE)	1:21.99
6	Marcos Omar Suarez (COL)	1:30.09

Heat 2

27 Sept. 2004, morning session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	James Anderson (GBR)	1:10.01
2	Miroslaw Piesak (POL)	1:12.78
3	Georgios Kapellakis (GRE)	1:17.98
4	Adriano Pereira (BRA)	1:20.14
5	Christian Goldbach (GER)	1:21.26
6	Nikolaos Kaplanis (GRE)	1:24.43

Final Round

27 Sept. 2004, evening session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	James Anderson (GBR)	1:05.51
	Miroslaw Piesak (POL)	1:09.42
	Georgios Kapellakis (GRE)	1:11.46
4	Pekka Kantola (FIN)	1:14.42
5	Curtis Lovejoy (USA)	1:16.68
6	Vojtech Franek (CZE)	1:17.31
7	Denys Zhumela (UKR)	1:17.88
8	Adriano Pereira (BRA)	1:19.75

References

1. "Schedule & Results - Swimming". Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 March 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
2. "Men's 50m Backstroke S2". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 24 October 2012.