Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S9

The men's 100m freestyle S9 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 100m Freestyle S9
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates8 September
Competitors20 from 11 nations
Winning time55.30
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthew Cowdrey  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guo Zhi  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tamás Sors  Hungary

Results

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Heats

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Competed from 10:58.

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tamás Sors   Hungary 57.59 Q, PR
2 Xiong Xiaoming   China 58.94
3 Jose Antonio Mari   Spain 59.07
4 Simon Miller   Great Britain 59.08
5 Michael Prout   United States 59.18
6 Taras Yastremskyy   Ukraine 59.37

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Guo Zhi   China 56.24 Q, PR
2 Takuro Yamada   Japan 57.82 Q
3 Sami El Gueddari   France 58.72 Q
4 Jesus Collado   Spain 58.82
5 Sam Bramham   Australia 58.97
6 Wang Renjie   China 59.00
7 Andriy Sirovatchenko   Ukraine 1:00.18

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Matthew Cowdrey   Australia 56.53 Q
2 Andriy Kalyna   Ukraine 57.35 Q
3 David Grachat   Portugal 57.93 Q
4 Cody Bureau   United States 58.29 Q
5 Mark Barr   United States 59.56
6 Stephen Osborne   Australia 59.70
7 Christian Thomsen   Denmark 59.99

Final

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Competed at 20:22.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Matthew Cowdrey   Australia 55.30 WR
  Guo Zhi   China 56.13
  Tamás Sors   Hungary 56.80
4 Andriy Kalyna   Ukraine 57.12
5 Takuro Yamada   Japan 57.29
6 David Grachat   Portugal 57.55
7 Cody Bureau   United States 58.14
8 Sami El Gueddari   France 58.68

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

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  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Freestyle S9". 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.