Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S5

Men's 50m Backstroke S5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	8 September
Competitors	14 from 8 nations
Winning time	35.28
Medalists
Daniel Dias   Brazil   He Junquan   China   Zsolt Vereczkei   Hungary

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 S5 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 10:07.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dias, DanielDaniel Dias	Brazil	36.46	Q, WR
2	Vereczkei, ZsoltZsolt Vereczkei	Hungary	40.50	Q
3	Stephens, AnthonyAnthony Stephens	Great Britain	43.24	Q
4	Torres, Vicente JavierVicente Javier Torres	Spain	47.49
5	Silva, ClodoaldoClodoaldo Silva	Brazil	48.16
6	Perkins, RoyRoy Perkins	United States	50.77
7	Denniston, DaveDave Denniston	United States	53.07

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	He Junquan	China	35.04	Q, WR
2	Kovacs, ErvinErvin Kovacs	Hungary	39.82	Q
3	Abdullah, Zul Amirul SidiZul Amirul Sidi Abdullah	Malaysia	42.74	Q
4	Ten, RicardoRicardo Ten	Spain	46.90	Q
5	Avelino, FranciscoFrancisco Avelino	Brazil	47.29	Q
6	Luque, MiguelMiguel Luque	Spain	48.21
7	Quassi, ArielAriel Quassi	Argentina	49.73

Final

Competed at 18:41.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Dias, DanielDaniel Dias	Brazil	35.28
	He Junquan	China	35.43
	Vereczkei, ZsoltZsolt Vereczkei	Hungary	38.78
4	Kovacs, ErvinErvin Kovacs	Hungary	40.61
5	Abdullah, Zul Amirul SidiZul Amirul Sidi Abdullah	Malaysia	42.94
6	Ten, RicardoRicardo Ten	Spain	45.28
7	Avelino, FranciscoFrancisco Avelino	Brazil	47.28
	Stephens, AnthonyAnthony Stephens	Great Britain		DQ

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Backstroke S5". 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.