Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM5

Men's 200m Individual Medley SM5
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates11 September
Competitors8 from 7 nations
Winning time2:52.60
Medalists
   Brazil
   China
   Spain
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 200m individual medley SM5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 11 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final (although apparently there were only eight entrants so no-one was eliminated).

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:39.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 He Junquan China 3:05.15 Q
2 Kovacs, ErvinErvin Kovacs Hungary 3:14.70 Q
3 Vasconcelos, IvanildoIvanildo Vasconcelos Brazil 3:42.56 Q
4 Dominguez, VidalVidal Dominguez Mexico 3:45.96 Q

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dias, DanielDaniel Dias Brazil 2:59.04 Q, PR
2 Cimadevila, PabloPablo Cimadevila Spain 3:06.41 Q
3 Perkins, RoyRoy Perkins United States 3:30.69 Q
4 Quassi, ArielAriel Quassi Argentina 3:47.46 Q

Final

Competed at 17:24.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Dias, DanielDaniel Dias Brazil 2:52.60 WR
2nd He Junquan China 3:00.92
3rd Cimadevila, PabloPablo Cimadevila Spain 3:01.58
4 Kovacs, ErvinErvin Kovacs Hungary 3:12.02
5 Perkins, RoyRoy Perkins United States 3:23.63
6 Vasconcelos, IvanildoIvanildo Vasconcelos Brazil 3:30.58
7 Quassi, ArielAriel Quassi Argentina 3:42.93
8 Dominguez, VidalVidal Dominguez Mexico 3:50.11

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

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