Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S8

Men's 50m Freestyle S8 at the XII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Swimming
Venue	Olympic Aquatic Centre (Athens)
Dates	26 September 2004
Competitors	9 from 7 nations
Winning time	26.84
Medalists
Wang Xiao Fu   China   Konstantinos Fykas   Greece   Benoit Austin   Australia

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50m freestyle	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100m freestyle	S1	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		SB2	SB3
100m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50m butterfly				S4	S5
	S6	S7
100m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150m medley			SM3	SM4
200m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts) 4 × 100m (49pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts) 4 × 100m (49pts)

The Men's 50 metre freestyle S8 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 26 September.^[1] It was won by Wang Xiao Fu, representing China.^[2]

1st Round

Heat 1

26 Sept. 2004, morning session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Benoit Austin (AUS)	28.23
2	Matt Levy (AUS)	29.98
3	Gert-Jan Schep (NED)	30.32
4	Tiaan du Plessis (RSA)	30.76

Heat 2

26 Sept. 2004, morning session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Wang Xiao Fu (CHN)	27.33	WR
2	Konstantinos Fykas (GRE)	27.97
3	Ricardo Moffatti (AUS)	29.60
4	Christopher Kueken (GER)	30.38
5	Matteo Lenza (ITA)	31.67

Final Round

26 Sept. 2004, evening session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
01 !	Wang Xiao Fu (CHN)	26.84	WR
02 !	Konstantinos Fykas (GRE)	27.54
03 !	Benoit Austin (AUS)	28.42
4	Ricardo Moffatti (AUS)	29.42
5	Matt Levy (AUS)	30.14
5	Gert-Jan Schep (NED)	30.14
7	Christopher Kueken (GER)	30.24
8	Tiaan du Plessis (RSA)	30.26

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