Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S13

Men's 50m Freestyle S13
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates15 September
Competitors17 from 13 nations
Winning time23.75
Medalists
   Ukraine
   Greece
   Russia
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 freestyle S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:23.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Strokin, AndreyAndrey Strokin Russia 24.81 Q
2 Chufarov, DanyloDanylo Chufarov Ukraine 25.34
3 Simon, DanielDaniel Simon Germany 26.07
4 Ellis, DaveDave Ellis Great Britain 26.46
5 Hill, BrianBrian Hill Canada 26.84

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Taiganidis, CharalamposCharalampos Taiganidis Greece 24.56 Q, PR
2 Farrenberg, CarlosCarlos Farrenberg Brazil 25.01 Q
3 Sharp, DanielDaniel Sharp New Zealand 25.30 Q
4 Bouwer, CharlCharl Bouwer South Africa 25.41
5 Doerries, RobertRobert Doerries Germany 26.38
6 Tielbeke, MichelMichel Tielbeke Netherlands 26.52

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Fedyna, OleksiiOleksii Fedyna Ukraine 24.72 Q
2 Aleksyeyev, DmytroDmytro Aleksyeyev Ukraine 25.13 Q
3 Clausner, DanielDaniel Clausner Germany 25.22 Q
4 Salei, DzmitryDzmitry Salei Belarus 25.23 Q
5 Stepanek, MartinMartin Stepanek Czech Republic 26.11
6 Palantrani, AndreaAndrea Palantrani Italy 26.71

Final

Competed at 19:35.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Fedyna, OleksiiOleksii Fedyna Ukraine 23.75 WR
2nd Taiganidis, CharalamposCharalampos Taiganidis Greece 24.19
3rd Strokin, AndreyAndrey Strokin Russia 24.55
4 Farrenberg, CarlosCarlos Farrenberg Brazil 24.62
5 Salei, DzmitryDzmitry Salei Belarus 24.92
6 Aleksyeyev, DmytroDmytro Aleksyeyev Ukraine 25.13
7 Clausner, DanielDaniel Clausner Germany 25.39
8 Sharp, DanielDaniel Sharp New Zealand 25.50

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

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