Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S4

Men's 50m Freestyle S4
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates15 September
Competitors12 from 10 nations
Winning time37.89
Medalists
   France
   Spain
   Czech Republic
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 S4 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:54.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Oribe, RicardoRicardo Oribe  Spain 39.30 Q
2 Mazzone, LucaLuca Mazzone  Italy 42.47 Q
3 Reyes, JuanJuan Reyes  Mexico 44.02 Q
4 Tsakonas, StylianosStylianos Tsakonas  Greece 44.31
5 Petracek, ArnostArnost Petracek  Czech Republic 46.75
6 Castorena, JoseJose Castorena  Mexico 50.79

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Smetanine DavidDavid Smétanine  France 37.79 Q
2 Povysil, JanJan Povysil  Czech Republic 39.75 Q
3 McCarthy, JoeJoe McCarthy  United States 40.85 Q
4 Lindhe, ChristofferChristoffer Lindhe  Sweden 43.09 Q
5 Khmelnitskiy, IvanIvan Khmelnitskiy  Russia 44.21 Q
6 Skucas, KestutisKestutis Skucas  Lithuania 49.56

Final

Competed at 18:17.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Smetanine DavidDavid Smétanine  France 37.89
2nd, silver medalist(s) Oribe, RicardoRicardo Oribe  Spain 38.69
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Povysil, JanJan Povysil  Czech Republic 39.35
4 Mazzone, LucaLuca Mazzone  Italy 39.60
5 McCarthy, JoeJoe McCarthy  United States 39.95
6 Lindhe, ChristofferChristoffer Lindhe  Sweden 42.75
7 Reyes, JuanJuan Reyes  Mexico 43.07
8 Khmelnitskiy, IvanIvan Khmelnitskiy  Russia 43.93

Q = qualified for final.

References

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