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

Men's 50m Freestyle S6 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	15 from 10 nations
Winning time	29.78
Medalists
Xu Qing   China   Tang Yuan   China   Anders Olsson   Sweden

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 S6 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 10:10.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yang Yuanrun	China	31.16	Q
2	Olsson, AndersAnders Olsson	Sweden	31.48	Q
3	Iwanow, SebastianSebastian Iwanow	Germany	32.72	Q
4	Oyama, KyosukeKyosuke Oyama	Japan	32.87	Q
5	Lima, AdrianoAdriano Lima	Brazil	32.98	Q
6	Whorwood, MattMatt Whorwood	Great Britain	34.94
7	Dewa, YusupYusup Dewa	Malaysia	35.24

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tang Yuan	China	30.56	Q, PR
2	Xu Qing	China	30.86	Q
3	Vidal, DanielDaniel Vidal	Spain	32.06	Q
4	Kindred, SaschaSascha Kindred	Great Britain	33.04
5	Potamitis, AndreasAndreas Potamitis	Cyprus	34.07
6	Helgeland, StianStian Helgeland	Norway	35.07
7	Silva, LuisLuis Silva	Brazil	35.67
8	Santos, DanielsonDanielson Santos	Brazil	37.13

Final

Competed at 19:09.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Xu Qing	China	29.78	WR
	Tang Yuan	China	30.07
	Olsson, AndersAnders Olsson	Sweden	31.07
4	Vidal, DanielDaniel Vidal	Spain	31.27
5	Oyama, KyosukeKyosuke Oyama	Japan	31.37
6	Yang Yuanrun	China	31.66
7	Iwanow, SebastianSebastian Iwanow	Germany	32.79
8	Lima, AdrianoAdriano Lima	Brazil	32.85

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

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