Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM7

The men's 200m individual medley SM7 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 7 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 200m Individual Medley SM7 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	7 September
Competitors	13 from 10 nations
Winning time	2:35.92
Medalists
Rudy Garcia-Tolson  United States Tian Rong  China Matt Walker  Great Britain

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:16.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tian Rong	China	2:49.17	Q
2	Gao Nan	China	2:55.12	Q
3	Ma Fei	China	2:55.56	Q
4	Daisuke Ejima	Japan	2:58.38
5	Gledson Soares	Brazil	3:08.72
6	Kirill Sokolov	Russia	3:13.84

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Rudy Garcia-Tolson	United States	2:37.80	Q, WR
2	Kevin Lambrechts	Belgium	2:53.93	Q
3	Matt Walker	Great Britain	2:54.30	Q
4	Jumpei Kimura	Japan	2:56.73	Q
5	János Becsey	Hungary	2:58.31	Q
6	Jay Dohnt	Australia	3:03.73
7	Dejan Fabcic	Slovenia	3:05.24

Final

Competed at 19:10.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rudy Garcia-Tolson	United States	2:35.92	WR
	Tian Rong	China	2:46.20
	Matt Walker	Great Britain	2:50.10
4	Gao Nan	China	2:51.52
5	Ma Fei	China	2:53.42
6	Kevin Lambrechts	Belgium	2:54.98
7	Jumpei Kimura	Japan	2:55.03
	János Becsey	Hungary		DQ

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 200m Individual Medley SM7". 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.