Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S12

Men's 100m Freestyle S12 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	12 September
Competitors	14 from 8 nations
Winning time	51.93
Medalists
Maksym Veraksa   Ukraine   Sergii Klippert   Ukraine   Alexander Nevolin-Svetov   Russia

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100m freestyle		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			SB3
100m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150m medley				SM4
200m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)

The men's 100m freestyle S12 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 12 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:47.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Klippert, SergiiSergii Klippert	Ukraine	54.40	Q, PR
2	Nevolin-Svetov, AlexanderAlexander Nevolin-Svetov	Russia	55.00	Q
3	Dupree, TuckerTucker Dupree	United States	55.16	Q
4	Gelis, AlbertAlbert Gelis	Spain	58.15	Q
5	Pikalov, AlexanderAlexander Pikalov	Russia	58.18
6	Better, ZivZiv Better	Israel	1:01.13
7	Demchuk, SergiySergiy Demchuk	Ukraine	1:03.02

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Veraksa, MaksymMaksym Veraksa	Ukraine	54.32	Q, PR
2	Makarau, RamanRaman Makarau	Belarus	55.29	Q
3	Punko, SergeiSergei Punko	Belarus	55.67	Q
4	Font, OmarOmar Font	Spain	56.01	Q
5	Serpico, AlessandroAlessandro Serpico	Italy	58.47
6	Floriano, EnriqueEnrique Floriano	Spain	59.38
7	Musiorski, RobertRobert Musiorski	Poland	1:00.90

Final

Competed at 17:48.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Veraksa, MaksymMaksym Veraksa	Ukraine	51.93	WR
	Klippert, SergiiSergii Klippert	Ukraine	53.81
	Nevolin-Svetov, AlexanderAlexander Nevolin-Svetov	Russia	54.58
4	Makarau, RamanRaman Makarau	Belarus	54.77
5	Punko, SergeiSergei Punko	Belarus	54.99
6	Font, OmarOmar Font	Spain	55.75
7	Dupree, TuckerTucker Dupree	United States	56.16
8	Gelis, AlbertAlbert Gelis	Spain	58.70

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Freestyle S12". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2012.