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

Men's 50m Freestyle S5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning time	33.00
Medalists
Dmytro Kryzhanovskyy   Ukraine   Daniel Dias   Brazil   Sebastián Rodríguez   Spain

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 freestyle S5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:59.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kryzhanovskyy, DmytroDmytro Kryzhanovskyy	Ukraine	33.85	Q
2	Perkins, RoyRoy Perkins	United States	34.67	Q
3	Silva, ClodoaldoClodoaldo Silva	Brazil	34.86	Q
4	Gordillo, JordiJordi Gordillo	Spain	36.70	Q
5	Leslie, CameronCameron Leslie	New Zealand	38.67
6	Sayidov, FarhodFarhod Sayidov	Uzbekistan	1:07.53

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	He Junquan	China	34.89	Q
2	Dias, DanielDaniel Dias	Brazil	34.95	Q
3	Rodriguez SebastianSebastián Rodríguez	Spain	35.46	Q
4	Stephens, AnthonyAnthony Stephens	Great Britain	35.82	Q
5	Suzuki, TakayukiTakayuki Suzuki	Japan	39.35
6	Vereczkei, ZsoltZsolt Vereczkei	Hungary	40.82

Final

Competed at 18:43.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kryzhanovskyy, DmytroDmytro Kryzhanovskyy	Ukraine	33.00
	Dias, DanielDaniel Dias	Brazil	33.56
	Rodriguez SebastianSebastián Rodríguez	Spain	33.78
4	Perkins, RoyRoy Perkins	United States	34.61
5	He Junquan	China	34.65
6	Stephens, AnthonyAnthony Stephens	Great Britain	34.97
7	Silva, ClodoaldoClodoaldo Silva	Brazil	35.22
8	Gordillo, JordiJordi Gordillo	Spain	36.88

Q = qualified for final.

References

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