Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S9

Men's 50m Freestyle S9 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	23 from 16 nations
Winning time	25.34
Medalists
Matthew Cowdrey   Australia   Guo Zhi   China   Xiong Xiaoming   China

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 S9 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:38.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Xiong Xiaoming	China	25.77	Q
2	Wang Renjie	China	26.04	Q
3	Bureau, CodyCody Bureau	United States	27.11
4	Brasil, MauroMauro Brasil	Brazil	27.18
5	Sirovatchenko, AndriyAndriy Sirovatchenko	Ukraine	27.27
6	Polin, DmitryDmitry Polin	Russia	29.46
7	Laperotine, PascalPascal Laperotine	Mauritius	36.39

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Guo Zhi	China	25.69	Q
2	Kalyna, AndriyAndriy Kalyna	Ukraine	26.30	Q
3	El Gueddari, SamiSami El Gueddari	France	26.70	Q
4	Miller, SimonSimon Miller	Great Britain	27.41
5	Thomsen, ChristianChristian Thomsen	Denmark	27.50
6	Barr, MarkMark Barr	United States	27.89
7	Prout, MichaelMichael Prout	United States	28.12
8	Randrianony, Josefa HarijaonaJosefa Harijaona Randrianony	Madagascar	38.06

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cowdrey, MatthewMatthew Cowdrey	Australia	26.09	Q
2	Mari, Jose AntonioJose Antonio Mari	Spain	26.73	Q
3	Sors, TamasTamas Sors	Hungary	26.73	Q
4	Grachat, DavidDavid Grachat	Portugal	26.77
5	Yamada, TakuroTakuro Yamada	Japan	27.04
6	Osborne, StephenStephen Osborne	Australia	27.20
7	Yastremskyy, TarasTaras Yastremskyy	Ukraine	27.83
8	Taylor, DavidDavid Taylor	Barbados	47.73

Final

Competed at 19:59.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Cowdrey, MatthewMatthew Cowdrey	Australia	25.34	WR