Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre butterfly S6

Men's 50m Butterfly S6 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	13 September
Competitors	13 from 11 nations
Winning time	30.79
Medalists
Xu Qing   China   Kyosuke Oyama   Japan   Sascha Kindred   Great Britain

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 butterfly S6 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 13 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:15.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Oyama, KyosukeKyosuke Oyama	Japan	32.59	Q
2	Kindred, SaschaSascha Kindred	Great Britain	33.12	Q
3	Vidal, DanielDaniel Vidal	Spain	34.00	Q
4	Silva, LuisLuis Silva	Brazil	36.24	Q
5	Semenenko, IaroslavIaroslav Semenenko	Ukraine	37.08
	Liu Ce	China		DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Xu Qing	China	31.89	Q, WR
2	Plotnikov, IgorIgor Plotnikov	Russia	33.26	Q
3	Li Peng	China	33.45	Q
4	Michalski, MateuszMateusz Michalski	Poland	36.07	Q
5	Bencsura, ZoltanZoltan Bencsura	Hungary	36.95
6	Helgeland, StianStian Helgeland	Norway	37.41
7	Naing Sit Aung	Myanmar	38.13

Final

Competed at 17:11.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Xu Qing	China	30.79	WR
	Oyama, KyosukeKyosuke Oyama	Japan	31.01
	Kindred, SaschaSascha Kindred	Great Britain	32.49
4	Li Peng	China	32.83
5	Vidal, DanielDaniel Vidal	Spain	32.97
6	Plotnikov, IgorIgor Plotnikov	Russia	33.25
7	Michalski, MateuszMateusz Michalski	Poland	35.20
8	Silva, LuisLuis Silva	Brazil	37.90

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. DQ = Disqualified.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Butterfly S6". 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.