Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S8

Men's 50m Freestyle S8 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	3 September
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Winning time	25.82
Medalists
Denis Tarasov  Russia Maurice Deelen  Netherlands Wang Yinan  China

The men's 50m freestyle S8 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 3 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 11:34.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Maurice Deelen	Netherlands	26.48	Q
2	5	Wang Yinan	China	26.74	Q
3	3	Charles Rozoy	France	27.77	Q
4	6	Guo Jun	China	27.86
5	2	Sean Fraser	Great Britain	28.20
6	1	Ferenc Csuri	Hungary	29.06
7	7	Niels Korfitz Mortensen	Denmark	29.24

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Denis Tarasov	Russia	25.92	Q, WR
2	5	Konstantin Lisenkov	Russia	26.92	Q
3	3	Yang Feng	China	27.41	Q
4	6	Blake Cochrane	Australia	27.81	Q
	7	Thomas Young	Great Britain		Q
6	2	Jaime Bailon Galindo	Spain	28.16
7	8	Sharath Gayakwad	India	28.98
8	1	Zack McAllister	Canada	29.29

Final

Competed at 20:00.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Denis Tarasov	Russia	25.82	WR
	5	Maurice Deelen	Netherlands	26.29
	3	Wang Yinan	China	26.31	AS
4	6	Konstantin Lisenkov	Russia	26.78
5	2	Yang Feng	China	27.38
6	1	Blake Cochrane	Australia	27.64
7	8	Thomas Young	Great Britain	27.71
8	7	Charles Rozoy	France	27.80

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine