Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S8

The men's 100m backstroke S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 10 September. There were two heats; the eight swimmers with the fastest times from those two heats advanced to the final.

Men's 100m Backstroke S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	10 September
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Winning time	1:06.33
Medalists
Konstantin Lisenkov  Russia Peter Leek  Australia Sean Fraser  Great Britain

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:40.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Peter Leek	Australia	1:07.54	Q, PR
2	Alexey Fomenkov	Russia	1:13.06	Q
3	Ievgen Poltavskyi	Ukraine	1:13.40	Q
4	Mihovil Spanja	Croatia	1:13.62	Q
5	Drew Christensen	Canada	1:15.78	Q
6	Yann Nouard	France	1:17.14
7	Gledson Soares	Brazil	1:19.13

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Konstantin Lisenkov	Russia	1:06.72	Q, WR
2	Sean Fraser	Great Britain	1:10.77	Q
3	Ricardo Moffatti	Australia	1:13.56	Q
4	Tom Miazga	United States	1:16.01
5	David Malone	Ireland	1:16.80
6	Blake Cochrane	Australia	1:17.72
7	Rudy Garcia Tolson	United States	1:18.02
	Wang Xiaofu	China		DQ

Final

Competed at 18:05.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Konstantin Lisenkov	Russia	1:06.33	WR
	Peter Leek	Australia	1:07.28
	Sean Fraser	Great Britain	1:11.28
4	Alexey Fomenkov	Russia	1:12.33
5	Ricardo Moffatti	Australia	1:12.58
6	Ievgen Poltavskyi	Ukraine	1:13.40
7	Mihovil Spanja	Croatia	1:14.25
8	Drew Christensen	Canada	1:15.49

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Backstroke S8". 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.