Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S11

The men's 50m freestyle S11 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 50m Freestyle S11
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates14 September
Competitors17 from 10 nations
Winning time25.82
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Enhamed Enhamed  Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Junichi Kawai  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexander Chekurov  Russia

Results

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Heats

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Competed from 09:00.

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Alexander Chekurov   Russia 27.51 Q
2 Grzegorz Polkowski   Poland 28.18 Q
3 Keiichi Kimura   Japan 28.35
4 Konstantin Tychkov   Russia 28.47
5 Izhar Cohen   Israel 28.66

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Enhamed Enhamed   Spain 26.34 Q
2 Junichi Kawai   Japan 27.43 Q
3 Oleksandr Mashchenko   Ukraine 28.20 Q
4 Damian Pietrasik   Poland 28.56
5 Eduardo Cruz   Spain 29.34
6 Pavel Muravyev   Kazakhstan 31.59

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yang Bozun   China 27.10 Q
2 Donovan Tildesley   Canada 28.13 Q
3 Viktor Smyrnov   Ukraine 28.13 Q
4 Philip Scholz   United States 29.23
5 Marcin Ryszka   Poland 29.38
6 Rustam Nurmukhametov   Russia 29.44

Final

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Competed at 17:00.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Enhamed Enhamed   Spain 25.82 WR
  Junichi Kawai   Japan 27.16
  Alexander Chekurov   Russia 27.26
4 Yang Bozun   China 27.30
5 Viktor Smyrnov   Ukraine 27.74
6 Grzegorz Polkowski   Poland 27.83
7 Donovan Tildesley   Canada 28.08
8 Oleksandr Mashchenko   Ukraine 28.44

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

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  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Freestyle S11". 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.