Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S5

Men's 50 metre backstroke S5 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	6 September
Competitors	18 from 14 nations
Medalists
Daniel Dias   Brazil   He Junquan   China   Zsolt Vereczkei   Hungary

Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyle		S2		S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle		S2		S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle		S2		S4	S5
				S14
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50 m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13	S14
50 m breaststroke		SB2	SB3
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13	SB14
50 m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150 m medley			SM3	SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The men's 50 metre backstroke S5 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 6 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Three heats were held, each with six swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Zsolt Vereczkei	Hungary	38.86	Q
2	2	Jonas Larsen	Denmark	42.56	Q
3	5	Anthony Stephens	Great Britain	43.60
4	3	Francisco Avelino	Brazil	44.89
5	6	Roy Perkins	United States	47.37
6	7	Matija Grebenic	Croatia	49.36

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	He Junquan	China	37.02	Q
2	2	Vo Thanh Tung	Vietnam	42.26	Q
3	5	Zul Amirul Sidi Bin Abdullah	Malaysia	43.00	Q
4	6	Ricardo Ten	Spain	43.07
5	3	James Scully	Ireland	45.27
6	7	Miguel Luque	Spain	49.36

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Daniel Dias	Brazil	36.29	Q
2	5	Andrew Mullen	Great Britain	39.69	Q
3	3	Cameron Leslie	New Zealand	42.88	Q, OC
4	6	Beytullah Eroglu	Turkey	43.11
5	7	Ariel Quassi	Argentina	49.45
	2	Jamery Siga	Malaysia	DSQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Daniel Dias	Brazil	34.99	WR
	5	He Junquan	China	36.41
	3	Zsolt Vereczkei	Hungary	38.92
4	6	Andrew Mullen	Great Britain	39.54
5	1	Cameron Leslie	New Zealand	42.40	OC
6	2	Vo Thanh Tung	Vietnam	42.59
7	7	Jonas Larsen	Denmark	42.93
8	8	Zul Amirul Sidi Bin Abdullah	Malaysia	43.21

References

• "Men's 50m Backstroke - S5". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 17 September 2012.