Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB5

Men's 100m Breaststroke SB5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	12 September
Competitors	12 from 11 nations
Winning time	1:34.69
Medalists
Pedro Rangel   Mexico   Thomas Grimm   Germany   Tadhg Slattery   South Africa

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 100m breaststroke SB5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 12 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:18.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Slattery, TadhgTadhg Slattery	South Africa	1:37.44	Q
2	Olsson, AndersAnders Olsson	Sweden	1:43.92	Q
3	Paulson, AaronAaron Paulson	United States	1:44.68	Q
4	Morelli, EfremEfrem Morelli	Italy	1:47.88
5	Samuksaneeto, TaweesookTaweesook Samuksaneeto	Thailand	1:51.18
6	Win San Aung	Myanmar	1:54.51

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Rangel, PedroPedro Rangel	Mexico	1:33.95	Q
2	Grunenberg, NielsNiels Grunenberg	Germany	1:34.83	Q
3	Grimm, ThomasThomas Grimm	Germany	1:38.15	Q
4	Lim Woo Geun	South Korea	1:40.51	Q
5	Amar, LiozLioz Amar	Israel	1:42.11	Q
6	Lima, AdrianoAdriano Lima	Brazil	1:47.10

Final

Competed at 18:42.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rangel, PedroPedro Rangel	Mexico	1:34.69
	Grimm, ThomasThomas Grimm	Germany	1:35.41
	Slattery, TadhgTadhg Slattery	South Africa	1:36.11
4	Grunenberg, NielsNiels Grunenberg	Germany	1:36.68
5	Lim Woo Geun	South Korea	1:38.98
6	Olsson, AndersAnders Olsson	Sweden	1:40.47
7	Paulson, AaronAaron Paulson	United States	1:42.43
8	Amar, LiozLioz Amar	Israel	1:42.50

Q = qualified for final.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Breaststroke SB5". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2012.