Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle S4

The men's 200m freestyle S4 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 200m Freestyle S4
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates8 September
Competitors12 from 11 nations
Winning time2:58.09
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gustavo Sánchez Martínez  Mexico
2nd place, silver medalist(s) David Smétanine  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Richard Oribe  Spain

Results

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Heats

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Competed from 11:31.

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Gustavo Sánchez Martínez   Mexico 3:02.79 Q
2 6 Kim Kyunghyun   South Korea 3:05.65 Q
3 3 Christoffer Lindhe   Sweden 3:06.60 Q
4 2 Arnost Petracek   Czech Republic 3:39.58
5 7 Michael Demarco   United States 4:31.31
5 Jan Povysil   Czech Republic DNS

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 David Smétanine   France 3:03.82 Q
2 5 Richard Oribe   Spain 3:05.71 Q
3 6 Darko Duric   Slovenia 3:06.75 Q
4 3 Michael Schoenmaker   Netherlands 3:14.16 Q
5 2 Eskender Mustafaiev   Ukraine 3:26.92 Q
6 7 Ronystony Cordeiro da Silva   Brazil 3:55.54

Final

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Competed at 19:58.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Gustavo Sánchez Martínez   Mexico 2:58.09 AM
  5 David Smétanine   France 3:01.38
  6 Richard Oribe   Spain 3:01.62
4 7 Darko Duric   Slovenia 3:06.84
5 2 Christoffer Lindhe   Sweden 3:07.02
6 3 Kim Kyunghyun   South Korea 3:07.74
7 1 Michael Schoenmaker   Netherlands 3:12.22
8 8 Eskender Mustafaiev   Ukraine 3:21.12

'Q = qualified for final. AM = Americas Record. DNS = Did not start.

References

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Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine