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

The men's 50m backstroke S2 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 50m Backstroke S2 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	9 from 8 nations
Winning time	1:03.17
Medalists
Dmitry Kokarev  Russia Jim Anderson  Great Britain Georgios Kapellakis  Greece

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:26.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dmitry Kokarev	Russia	1:06.21	Q
2	Gabriel Feiten	Brazil	1:12.27	Q
3	Adriano Pereira	Brazil	1:13.50	Q
4	Curtis Lovejoy	United States	1:16.03	Q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jim Anderson	Great Britain	1:05.56	Q
2	Georgios Kapellakis	Greece	1:09.58	Q
3	Iyad Shalabi	Israel	1:13.28	Q
4	Denys Zhumela	Ukraine	1:14.85	Q
5	Christian Goldbach	Germany	1:22.63

Final

Competed at 17:06.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Dmitry Kokarev	Russia	1:03.17	WR
	Jim Anderson	Great Britain	1:04.33
	Georgios Kapellakis	Greece	1:07.31
4	Iyad Shalabi	Israel	1:10.88
5	Adriano Pereira	Brazil	1:13.69
6	Curtis Lovejoy	United States	1:14.69
7	Denys Zhumela	Ukraine	1:15.40
8	Gabriel Feiten	Brazil	1:15.77

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Backstroke S2". 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.