Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB3

The men's 50m breaststroke SB3 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 11 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 50m Breaststroke SB3 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	11 September
Competitors	9 from 7 nations
Winning time	49.06
Medalists
Takayuki Suzuki  Japan Vicente Gil  Spain Miguel Luque  Spain

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:32.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Miguel Luque	Spain	51.92	Q
2	Filippo Bonacini	Italy	55.75	Q
3	Vasileios Tsagkaris	Greece	56.04	Q
4	Michael Demarco	United States	1:03.26

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Takayuki Suzuki	Japan	48.49	Q, WR
2	Vicente Gil	Spain	49.46	Q
3	Konstantinos Karaouzas	Greece	56.71	Q
4	Jan Povysil	Czech Republic	58.02	Q
5	Moises Batista	Brazil	1:03.24	Q

Final

Competed at 17:19.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Takayuki Suzuki	Japan	49.06
	Vicente Gil	Spain	49.91
	Miguel Luque	Spain	52.83
4	Konstantinos Karaouzas	Greece	54.47
5	Filippo Bonacini	Italy	55.76
6	Vasileios Tsagkaris	Greece	55.91
7	Jan Povysil	Czech Republic	57.27
8	Moises Batista	Brazil	1:01.87

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Breaststroke SB3". 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.