Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S2

The men's 50 metre freestyle S2 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 13, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Men's 50 metre freestyle S2
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
DatesSeptember 13
Competitors10 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Georgios Kapellakis  Greece
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dmitry Kokarev  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jim Anderson  Great Britain

Two heats were held, with five swimmers each. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final; there, they all competed in a single final heat to earn final placements.

Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dmitry Kokarev   Russia 1:09.59 Q
2 5 Curtis Lovejoy   United States 1:14.22 Q
3 3 Adriano Pereira   Brazil 1:14.74 Q
4 6 Gabriel Feiten   Brazil 1:17.85 Q
5 2 Christos Tampaxis   Greece 1:20.84

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jim Anderson   Great Britain 1:10.73 Q
2 5 Georgios Kapellakis   Greece 1:11.02 Q
3 3 Denys Zhumela   Ukraine 1:13.59 Q
4 6 Iyad Shalabi   Israel 1:14.55 Q
5 2 Christian Goldbach   Germany 1:20.99

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Georgios Kapellakis   Greece 1:04.85
  4 Dmitry Kokarev   Russia 1:05.15
  5 Jim Anderson   Great Britain 1:06.09
4 7 Iyad Shalabi   Israel 1:10.51
5 6 Denys Zhumela   Ukraine 1:12.04
6 2 Curtis Lovejoy   United States 1:12.59
7 8 Gabriel Feiten   Brazil 1:15.14
8 1 Adriano Pereira   Brazil 1:15.41
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