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

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.

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

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
  Wang Xiaofu   China 58.84 PR
  Konstantin Lisenkov   Russia 59.01
  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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