Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S9

Men's 50m Freestyle S9
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates5 September
Competitors17 from 11 nations
Winning time25.13
Medalists
   Australia
   Hungary
   Spain
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 S9 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 5 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 11:31.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jose Antonio Mari Alcaraz Spain 26.18 Q
2 5 Andriy Kalyna Ukraine 26.61 Q
3 6 Csaba Meilinger Hungary 26.71 Q
4 3 David Grachat Portugal 27.18
5 2 Scody Victor Mauritius 34.26

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Tamás Tóth Hungary 25.67 Q
2 5 Takuro Yamada Japan 26.33 Q
3 3 Sami El Gueddari France 26.39 Q
4 2 Brenden Hall Australia 27.27
5 6 Cody Bureau United States 27.32
6 7 David Taylor Barbados 46.38

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Matthew Cowdrey Australia 25.63 Q
2 3 Tamás Sors Hungary 26.87 Q
3 5 Andriy Sirovatchenko Ukraine 26.99
4 6 Michael Auprince Australia 27.24
5 2 Iurii Martynov Ukraine 27.90
7 Hassani Ahamada Djae Comoros DSQ

Final

Competed at 20:24.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 4 Matthew Cowdrey Australia 25.13 WR
2nd 5 Tamás Tóth Hungary 25.75
3rd 3 Jose Antonio Mari Alcaraz Spain 25.93
4 6 Takuro Yamada Japan 26.22
5 2 Sami El Gueddari France 26.32
6 7 Andriy Kalyna Ukraine 26.49
7 8 Tamás Sors Hungary 26.79
8 1 Csaba Meilinger Hungary 26.86

'Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. DSQ = Disqualified.

References

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