Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S2

Men's 50 metre freestyle S2
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
DatesSeptember 13
Competitors10 from 8 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
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 50 metre freestyle S2 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 13, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Two heats were held, with five swimmers each. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final; there, they all competed in a single final heat to earn final placements.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dmitry Kokarev  Russia 1:09.59
Q
2 5 Curtis Lovejoy  United States 1:14.22
Q
3 3 Adriano Pereira  Brazil 1:14.74
Q
4 6 Gabriel Feiten  Brazil 1:17.85
Q
5 2 Christos Tampaxis  Greece 1:20.84

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jim Anderson  Great Britain 1:10.73
Q
2 5 Georgios Kapellakis  Greece 1:11.02
Q
3 3 Denys Zhumela  Ukraine 1:13.59
Q
4 6 Iyad Shalabi  Israel 1:14.55
Q
5 2 Christian Goldbach  Germany 1:20.99

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
3 Georgios Kapellakis  Greece 1:04.85
4 Dmitry Kokarev  Russia 1:05.15
5 Jim Anderson  Great Britain 1:06.09
4 7 Iyad Shalabi  Israel 1:10.51
5 6 Denys Zhumela  Ukraine 1:12.04
6 2 Curtis Lovejoy  United States 1:12.59
7 8 Gabriel Feiten  Brazil 1:15.14
8 1 Adriano Pereira  Brazil 1:15.41

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