Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S4

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Men's 100 metre freestyle S4
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
DatesSeptember 7
Competitors9 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Smetanine  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Richard Oribe  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jan Povysil  Czech Republic

The men's 100 metre freestyle S4 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 7, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Two heats were held, with four swimmers in the first heat and five swimmers in the second heat. 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[edit]

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Richard Oribe  Spain 1:26.96 Q
2 3 Ivan Khmelnitskiy  Russia 1:32.66 Q
3 5 Luca Mazzone  Italy 1:37.23 Q
4 6 Stylianos Tsakonas  Greece 1:40.63

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 David Smetanine  France 1:23.87 Q
2 5 Jan Povysil  Czech Republic 1:25.72 Q
3 2 Christoffer Lindhe  Sweden 1:32.98 Q
4 6 Juan Reyes  Mexico 1:36.25 Q
5 3 Joe McCarthy  United States 1:40.19 Q

Final[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 David Smetanine  France 1:24.67
2 3 Richard Oribe  Spain 1:26.62
3 5 Jan Povysil  Czech Republic 1:26.75
4 6 Christoffer Lindhe  Sweden 1:30.92
5 1 Luca Mazzone  Italy 1:31.21
6 2 Ivan Khmelnitskiy  Russia 1:33.37
7 8 Joe McCarthy  United States 1:34.37
8 7 Juan Reyes  Mexico 1:37.30