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

Men's 50 metre freestyle S5 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	30 August
Competitors	16 from 12 nations
Medalists
Daniel Dias   Brazil   Sebastián Rodríguez   Spain   Roy Perkins   United States

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 freestyle S5 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 30 August, at the London Aquatics Centre.

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

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Sebastián Rodríguez	Spain	33.80	Q
2	5	Dmytro Kryzhanovskyy	Ukraine	34.85	Q
3	3	Thanh Tung Vo	Vietnam	35.43	Q
4	2	James Scully	Ireland	38.18
5	6	Jamery Siga	Malaysia	39.08
6	1	Zsolt Vereczkei	Hungary	39.46
7	8	Jonas Larsen	Denmark	40.48
8	7	Zul Amirul Sidi Bin Abdullah	Malaysia	43.30

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Daniel Dias	Brazil	33.02	Q
2	5	Roy Perkins	United States	34.16	Q
3	6	Clodoaldo Silva	Brazil	35.23	Q
4	3	Anthony Stephens	Great Britain	35.59	Q
5	7	Andrew Mullen	Great Britain	37.40	Q
6	2	Takayuki Suzuki	Japan	38.88
7	8	Efrem Morelli	Italy	42.00
8	1	Francisco Avelino	Brazil	43.03

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Daniel Dias	Brazil	32.05	WR
	5	Sebastián Rodríguez	Spain	33.44
	3	Roy Perkins	United States	33.69
4	6	Dmytro Kryzhanovskyy	Ukraine	34.97
5	2	Clodaldo Silva	Brazil	34.99
6	1	Anthony Stephens	Great Britain	35.74
7	7	Thanh Tung Vo	Vietnam	36.05
8	8	Andrew Mullen	Great Britain	38.08

References

• "Men's 50m Freestyle - S5". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 30 August 2012.