Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S7

Men's 50m Freestyle S7 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	9 from 7 nations
Winning time	27.95
Medalists
David Roberts   Great Britain   Matt Walker   Great Britain   Lantz Lamback   United States

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 S7 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:18.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Walker, MattMatt Walker	Great Britain	28.75	Q
2	Hadley, AlexAlex Hadley	Australia	30.76	Q
3	Andriushin, IuriiIurii Andriushin	Ukraine	31.17	Q
4	Tsotras, NikolaosNikolaos Tsotras	Greece	31.41	Q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roberts, DavidDavid Roberts	Great Britain	28.33	Q, PR
2	Lamback, LantzLantz Lamback	United States	29.95	Q
3	Fox, JonJon Fox	Great Britain	31.17	Q
4	Becsey, JanosJanos Becsey	Hungary	31.99	Q
5	Fabcic, DejanDejan Fabcic	Slovenia	33.80

Final

Competed at 19:07.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Roberts, DavidDavid Roberts	Great Britain	27.95	PR
	Walker, MattMatt Walker	Great Britain	28.60
	Lamback, LantzLantz Lamback	United States	28.81
4	Hadley, AlexAlex Hadley	Australia	30.75
5	Tsotras, NikolaosNikolaos Tsotras	Greece	31.01
6	Andriushin, IuriiIurii Andriushin	Ukraine	31.12
7	Becsey, JanosJanos Becsey	Hungary	31.46
8	Fox, JonJon Fox	Great Britain	31.53

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Freestyle S7". 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.