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

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Men's 100m Freestyle S8
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates8 September
Competitors16 from 9 nations
Winning time58.84
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wang Xiaofu  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Konstantin Lisenkov  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Peter Leek  Australia

The men's 100m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

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Heats

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Competed from 10:42.

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ben Austin  Australia 59.62 Q, PR
2 Konstantin Lisenkov  Russia 1:00.32 Q
3 Ricardo Moffatti  Australia 1:00.67 Q
4 Sam Hynd  Great Britain 1:01.67 Q
5 Guo Jun  China 1:02.29
6 Christoph Burkard  Germany 1:04.99
7 Drew Christensen  Canada 1:06.14
8 Ievgen Poltavskyi  Ukraine 1:11.78

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Peter Leek  Australia 59.00 Q, PR
2 Wang Xiaofu  China 59.68 Q
3 Konstantinos Fykas  Greece 1:00.96 Q
4 Tian Hengheng  China 1:02.09 Q
5 Sean Fraser  Great Britain 1:02.45
6 Ferenc Csuri  Hungary 1:03.55
7 Nikolai Willig  Germany 1:03.69
8 Mikhail Boyarin  Russia 1:05.68

Final

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Competed at 19:56.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wang Xiaofu  China 58.84 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Konstantin Lisenkov  Russia 59.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Peter Leek  Australia 59.14
4 Ben Austin  Australia 59.78
5 Ricardo Moffatti  Australia 59.93
6 Sam Hynd  Great Britain 1:01.04
7 Konstantinos Fykas  Greece 1:01.40
8 Tian Hengheng  China 1:01.89

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic record.

References

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