Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S6

The men's 50 metre freestyle S6 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 4 September at the London Aquatics Centre.

Men's 50 metre freestyle S2
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates4 September
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Xu Qing  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lorenzo Perez Escalona  Cuba
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tao Zheng  China

Three heats were held, heat one with five competitors, the rest of the heats with six competitors. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heat

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Heat 1

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Results of heat 1[1]
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Sebastian Iwanow   Germany 31.29 Q
2 6 Yuan Tang   China 31.99 Q
3 5 Darragh McDonald   Ireland 33.15 Q
4 3 Anders Olsson   Sweden 33.88
5 2 Reagan Wickens   Australia 37.19

Heat 2

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Results of heat 2[1]
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Lorenzo Perez Escalona   Cuba 29.98 Q, AM
2 5 Matthew Haanappel   Australia 32.58 Q, OC
3 3 Sascha Kindred   Great Britain 33.36
4 2 Iaroslav Semenenko   Ukraine 33.53
5 6 Matthew Whorwood   Great Britain 33.91
6 7 Ju Song Rim   North Korea 47.87

Heat 3

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Results of heat 3[1]
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Xu Qing   China 30.11 Q
2 5 Tao Zheng   China 30.33 Q
3 3 Kyosuke Oyama   Japan 32.04 Q
4 6 Adriano de Lima   Brazil 33.18
5 2 Aaron Rhind   Australia 34.74
6 7 Daniel Londono   Colombia 34.98

Final

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Results of the finals[1]
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Xu Qing   China 28.57 WR
  4 Lorenzo Perez Escalona   Cuba 30.04
  3 Tao Zheng   China 30.06
4 6 Sebastian Iwanow   Germany 30.83
5 7 Kyosuke Oyama   Japan 31.94
6 1 Matthew Haanappel   Australia 32.13 OC
7 2 Yuan Tang   China 32.20
8 8 Darragh McDonald   Ireland 33.26

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "London 2012 - swimming - mens-50-m-freestyle-s6". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-02-07.