Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S4

Men's 50m Backstroke S4 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	8 September
Competitors	11 from 10 nations
Winning time	42.77
Medalists
Juan Reyes   Mexico   David Smétanine   France   Zeng Huabin   China

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 50m backstroke S4 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:01.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Smetanine DavidDavid Smétanine	France	47.39	Q
2	Petracek, ArnostArnost Petracek	Czech Republic	50.96	Q
3	Tsakonas, StylianosStylianos Tsakonas	Greece	51.04	Q
4	Garcia Tolson, ArkaitzArkaitz Garcia Tolson	Spain	55.01
5	Seo, JoonJoon Seo	Brazil	56.70

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Reyes, JuanJuan Reyes	Mexico	42.71	Q, WR
2	Zeng Huabin	China	49.44	Q
3	Skucas, KestutisKestutis Skucas	Lithuania	49.67	Q
4	Povysil, JanJan Povysil	Czech Republic	52.46	Q
5	Lopes, NelsonNelson Lopes	Portugal	52.74	Q
6	McCarthy, JoeJoe McCarthy	United States	55.70

Final

Competed at 18:36.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Reyes, JuanJuan Reyes	Mexico	42.77
	Smetanine DavidDavid Smétanine	France	48.66
	Zeng Huabin	China	49.02
4	Petracek, ArnostArnost Petracek	Czech Republic	50.40
5	Skucas, KestutisKestutis Skucas	Lithuania	50.59
6	Tsakonas, StylianosStylianos Tsakonas	Greece	51.15
7	Povysil, JanJan Povysil	Czech Republic	52.79
8	Lopes, NelsonNelson Lopes	Portugal	53.38

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Backstroke S4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 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 20 September 2012.