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

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Men's 100m Backstroke S8
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates10 September
Competitors15 from 11 nations
Winning time1:06.33
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Konstantin Lisenkov  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Leek  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sean Fraser  Great Britain

The men's 100m backstroke S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 10 September. There were two heats; the eight swimmers with the fastest times from those two heats advanced to the final.

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Competed from 09:40.

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Peter Leek  Australia 1:07.54 Q, PR
2 Alexey Fomenkov  Russia 1:13.06 Q
3 Ievgen Poltavskyi  Ukraine 1:13.40 Q
4 Mihovil Spanja  Croatia 1:13.62 Q
5 Drew Christensen  Canada 1:15.78 Q
6 Yann Nouard  France 1:17.14
7 Gledson Soares  Brazil 1:19.13

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Konstantin Lisenkov  Russia 1:06.72 Q, WR
2 Sean Fraser  Great Britain 1:10.77 Q
3 Ricardo Moffatti  Australia 1:13.56 Q
4 Tom Miazga  United States 1:16.01
5 David Malone  Ireland 1:16.80
6 Blake Cochrane  Australia 1:17.72
7 Rudy Garcia Tolson  United States 1:18.02
Wang Xiaofu  China DQ

Final[edit]

Competed at 18:05.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Konstantin Lisenkov  Russia 1:06.33 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Leek  Australia 1:07.28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sean Fraser  Great Britain 1:11.28
4 Alexey Fomenkov  Russia 1:12.33
5 Ricardo Moffatti  Australia 1:12.58
6 Ievgen Poltavskyi  Ukraine 1:13.40
7 Mihovil Spanja  Croatia 1:14.25
8 Drew Christensen  Canada 1:15.49

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

References[edit]

  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Backstroke S8". 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.