Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S2

The men's 50 metre freestyle S2 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 7 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Men's 50 metre freestyle S2
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates7 September
Competitors12 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yang Yang  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dmitrii Kokarev  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aristeidis Makrodimitris  Greece

Two heats were held, both with six swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Aristeidis Makrodimitris   Greece 1:06.69 Q
2 3 Iad Josef Shalabi   Israel 1:07.52 Q
3 5 Jacek Czech   Poland 1:07.56 Q
4 6 Curtis Lovejoy   United States 1:10.44 Q
5 2 Francesco Bettella   Italy 1:13.86
7 Christos Tampaxis   Greece DNS

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Yang Yang   China 1:01.05 Q
2 4 Dmitrii Kokarev   Russia 1:05.61 Q
3 6 Ievgen Panibratets   Ukraine 1:08.45 Q
4 5 Itzhak Mamistvalov   Israel 1:08.73 Q
5 2 Georgios Kapellakis   Greece 1:10.48
6 3 James Anderson   Great Britain 1:10.61

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Yang Yang   China 1:01.39
  5 Dmitrii Kokarev   Russia 1:02.47
  3 Aristeidis Makrodimitris   Greece 1:04.86
4 2 Jacek Czech   Poland 1:06.41
5 6 Iad Josef Shalabi   Israel 1:07.07
6 1 Itzhak Mamistvalov   Israel 1:07.94
7 7 Ievgen Panibratets   Ukraine 1:08.75
8 8 Curtis Lovejoy   United States 1:13.45

References

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  • "Men's 50m Freestyle - S2". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.