Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB3

Men's 50m Breaststroke SB3
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates11 September
Competitors9 from 7 nations
Winning time49.06
Medalists
   Japan
   Spain
   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 50m breaststroke SB3 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.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:32.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Luque, MiguelMiguel Luque Spain 51.92 Q
2 Bonacini, FilippoFilippo Bonacini Italy 55.75 Q
3 Tsagkaris, VasileiosVasileios Tsagkaris Greece 56.04 Q
4 Demarco, MichaelMichael Demarco United States 1:03.26

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Suzuki, TakayukiTakayuki Suzuki Japan 48.49 Q, WR
2 Gil, VicenteVicente Gil Spain 49.46 Q
3 Karaouzas, KonstantinosKonstantinos Karaouzas Greece 56.71 Q
4 Povysil, JanJan Povysil Czech Republic 58.02 Q
5 Batista, MoisesMoises Batista Brazil 1:03.24 Q

Final

Competed at 17:19.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Suzuki, TakayukiTakayuki Suzuki Japan 49.06
2nd Gil, VicenteVicente Gil Spain 49.91
3rd Luque, MiguelMiguel Luque Spain 52.83
4 Karaouzas, KonstantinosKonstantinos Karaouzas Greece 54.47
5 Bonacini, FilippoFilippo Bonacini Italy 55.76
6 Tsagkaris, VasileiosVasileios Tsagkaris Greece 55.91
7 Povysil, JanJan Povysil Czech Republic 57.27
8 Batista, MoisesMoises Batista Brazil 1:01.87

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

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