Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S7

Men's 50m Freestyle S7
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates4 September
Competitors14 from 10 nations
Winning time27.84
Medalists
   United States
   China
   Great Britain
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 50m freestyle S7 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 4 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

The competitors competed from 11:35.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Lantz Lamback United States 28.29 Q, AM
2 6 Yevheniy Bohodayko Ukraine 28.88 Q
3 5 Pan Shiyun China 28.97 Q, AS
4 3 Jonathan Fox Great Britain 29.38 Q
5 2 Tobias Pollap Germany 30.70 Q
6 7 Ievgen Poltavskyi Ukraine 32.07
7 1 Antonio Sanchez Francisco Andorra 1:00.84

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Matthew Walker Great Britain 28.59 Q
2 5 Matthew Levy Australia 28.63 Q, OC
3 6 Josef Craig Great Britain 29.48 Q
4 3 Oleksandr Komarov Ukraine 30.79
5 2 Nikolaos Tsotras Greece 31.09
6 7 Andrey Gladkov Russia 31.84
7 1 Enrique Perez Davila Mexico 32.41

Final

The final was held at 20:03.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 4 Lantz Lamback United States 27.84 PR
2nd 2 Pan Shiyun China 28.09 AS
3rd 5 Matthew Walker Great Britain 28.47
4 3 Matthew Levy Australia 28.58 OC
5 6 Yevheniy Bohodayko Ukraine 28.69
6 7 Jonathan Fox Great Britain 28.87
7 1 Josef Craig Great Britain 29.39
8 8 Tobias Pollap Germany 29.57

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record. AM = Americas Record. AS = Asian Record. OC = Oceania Record.

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final