Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S8

The men's 50m freestyle S8 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 3 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 50m Freestyle S8 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	3 September 2012
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Winning time	25.82
Medalists
Denis Tarasov  Russia Maurice Deelen  Netherlands Wang Yinan  China

Results

Heats

Competed from 11:34.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Maurice Deelen	Netherlands	26.48	Q
2	5	Wang Yinan	China	26.74	Q
3	3	Charles Rozoy	France	27.77	Q
4	6	Guo Jun	China	27.86
5	2	Sean Fraser	Great Britain	28.20
6	1	Ferenc Csuri	Hungary	29.06
7	7	Niels Korfitz Mortensen	Denmark	29.24

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Denis Tarasov	Russia	25.92	Q, WR
2	5	Konstantin Lisenkov	Russia	26.92	Q
3	3	Yang Feng	China	27.41	Q
4	6	Blake Cochrane	Australia	27.81	Q
	7	Thomas Young	Great Britain		Q
6	2	Jaime Bailon Galindo	Spain	28.16
7	8	Sharath Gayakwad	India	28.98
8	1	Zack McAllister	Canada	29.29

Final

Competed at 20:00.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Denis Tarasov	Russia	25.82	WR
	5	Maurice Deelen	Netherlands	26.29
	3	Wang Yinan	China	26.31	AS
4	6	Konstantin Lisenkov	Russia	26.78
5	2	Yang Feng	China	27.38
6	1	Blake Cochrane	Australia	27.64
7	8	Thomas Young	Great Britain	27.71
8	7	Charles Rozoy	France	27.80

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine