Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S13

The men's 50m freestyle S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 50m Freestyle S13
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates15 September
Competitors17 from 13 nations
Winning time23.75
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrey Strokin  Russia

Results

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Heats

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Competed from 10:23.

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andrey Strokin   Russia 24.81 Q
2 Danylo Chufarov   Ukraine 25.34
3 Daniel Simon   Germany 26.07
4 Dave Ellis   Great Britain 26.46
5 Brian Hill   Canada 26.84

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Charalampos Taiganidis   Greece 24.56 Q, PR
2 Carlos Farrenberg   Brazil 25.01 Q
3 Daniel Sharp   New Zealand 25.30 Q
4 Charl Bouwer   South Africa 25.41
5 Robert Doerries   Germany 26.38
6 Michel Tielbeke   Netherlands 26.52

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Oleksii Fedyna   Ukraine 24.72 Q
2 Dmytro Aleksyeyev   Ukraine 25.13 Q
3 Daniel Clausner   Germany 25.22 Q
4 Dzmitry Salei   Belarus 25.23 Q
5 Martin Stepanek   Czech Republic 26.11
6 Andrea Palantrani   Italy 26.71

Final

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Competed at 19:35.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Oleksii Fedyna   Ukraine 23.75 WR
  Charalampos Taiganidis   Greece 24.19
  Andrey Strokin   Russia 24.55
4 Carlos Farrenberg   Brazil 24.62
5 Dzmitry Salei   Belarus 24.92
6 Dmytro Aleksyeyev   Ukraine 25.13
7 Daniel Clausner   Germany 25.39
8 Daniel Sharp   New Zealand 25.50

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

References

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  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Freestyle S13". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 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 21 September 2012.