Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S5

The men's 50m backstroke S5 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.

Men's 50m Backstroke S5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	8 September
Competitors	14 from 8 nations
Winning time	35.28
Medalists
Daniel Dias  Brazil He Junquan  China Zsolt Vereczkei  Hungary

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:07.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Daniel Dias	Brazil	36.46	Q, WR
2	Zsolt Vereczkei	Hungary	40.50	Q
3	Anthony Stephens	Great Britain	43.24	Q
4	Vicente Javier Torres	Spain	47.49
5	Clodoaldo Silva	Brazil	48.16
6	Roy Perkins	United States	50.77
7	Dave Denniston	United States	53.07

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	He Junquan	China	35.04	Q, WR
2	Ervin Kovacs	Hungary	39.82	Q
3	Zul Amirul Sidi Abdullah	Malaysia	42.74	Q
4	Ricardo Ten	Spain	46.90	Q
5	Francisco Avelino	Brazil	47.29	Q
6	Miguel Luque	Spain	48.21
7	Ariel Quassi	Argentina	49.73

Final

Competed at 18:41.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Daniel Dias	Brazil	35.28
	He Junquan	China	35.43
	Zsolt Vereczkei	Hungary	38.78
4	Ervin Kovacs	Hungary	40.61
5	Zul Amirul Sidi Abdullah	Malaysia	42.94
6	Ricardo Ten	Spain	45.28
7	Francisco Avelino	Brazil	47.28
	Anthony Stephens	Great Britain		DQ

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Backstroke S5". 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.