Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S9

The men's 50m freestyle S9 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 5 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 50m Freestyle S9
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates5 September
Competitors17 from 11 nations
Winning time25.13
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthew Cowdrey  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tamás Tóth  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jose Antonio Mari Alcaraz  Spain

Results edit

Heats edit

Competed from 11:31.

Heat 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jose Antonio Mari Alcaraz   Spain 26.18 Q
2 5 Andriy Kalyna   Ukraine 26.61 Q
3 6 Csaba Meilinger   Hungary 26.71 Q
4 3 David Grachat   Portugal 27.18
5 2 Scody Victor   Mauritius 34.26

Heat 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Tamás Tóth   Hungary 25.67 Q
2 5 Takuro Yamada   Japan 26.33 Q
3 3 Sami El Gueddari   France 26.39 Q
4 2 Brenden Hall   Australia 27.27
5 6 Cody Bureau   United States 27.32
6 7 David Taylor   Barbados 46.38

Heat 3 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Matthew Cowdrey   Australia 25.63 Q
2 3 Tamás Sors   Hungary 26.87 Q
3 5 Andriy Sirovatchenko   Ukraine 26.99
4 6 Michael Auprince   Australia 27.24
5 2 Iurii Martynov   Ukraine 27.90
7 Hassani Ahamada Djae   Comoros DSQ

Final edit

Competed at 20:24.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Matthew Cowdrey   Australia 25.13 WR
  5 Tamás Tóth   Hungary 25.75
  3 Jose Antonio Mari Alcaraz   Spain 25.93
4 6 Takuro Yamada   Japan 26.22
5 2 Sami El Gueddari   France 26.32
6 7 Andriy Kalyna   Ukraine 26.49
7 8 Tamás Sors   Hungary 26.79
8 1 Csaba Meilinger   Hungary 26.86

'Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. DSQ = Disqualified.

References edit

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine