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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S8

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Men's 50m Freestyle S8
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates14 September
Competitors14 from 8 nations
Winning time26.45
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wang Xiaofu  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Leek  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Konstantin Lisenkov  Russia

The men's 50m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 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 10:28.

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Konstantin Lisenkov  Russia 27.78 Q
2 Ben Austin  Australia 28.09 Q
3 Wei Yanpeng  China 28.55 Q
4 Ferenc Csuri  Hungary 29.13
5 Sam Hynd  Great Britain 29.27
6 Drew Christensen  Canada 29.30
Konstantinos Fykas  Greece DQ

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Wang Xiaofu  China 26.83 Q
2 Peter Leek  Australia 27.69 Q
3 Guo Jun  China 27.87 Q
4 Matt Levy  Australia 28.55 Q
5 Nikolai Willig  Germany 29.03 Q
6 Sean Fraser  Great Britain 29.08
7 Mikhail Boyarin  Russia 30.42

Final

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Competed at 19:33.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wang Xiaofu  China 26.45 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Leek  Australia 26.89
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Konstantin Lisenkov  Russia 27.18
4 Guo Jun  China 27.46
5 Ben Austin  Australia 27.82
6 Wei Yanpeng  China 28.03
7 Nikolai Willig  Germany 28.94
8 Matt Levy  Australia 29.68

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

References

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  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Freestyle S8". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 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 21 September 2012.