Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S8

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Men's 100m Freestyle S8
at the XII Paralympic Games
Swimming pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Paralympic Swimming
Venue Olympic Aquatic Centre
Dates 20 September 2004
Competitors 14 from 10 nations
Winning time 59.83
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ben Austin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Konstantinos Fykas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Bronze medal icon.svg Ricardo Moffatti Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
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The Men's 100 metre freestyle S8 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 20 September. [1] It was won by Ben Austin, representing Flag of Australia.svg  Australia. [2]

2004 Summer Paralympics

The 2004 Summer Paralympics, the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece from 17 September to 28 September 2004. 3,806 athletes from 136 National Paralympic Committees competed. 519 medal events were held in 19 sports.

Ben Austin Australian paralympic swimmer

Benjamin James Austin, OAM is an Australian Elite Athlete with a Disability (EAD) swimmer. His classification is S8.

Australia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Australia competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. It was Australia's 12th year of participation at the Paralympics. The team included 151 athletes. Australian competitors won 101 medals to finish fifth in the gold medal table and second on the total medal table. Australia competed in 12 sports and won medals in 8 sports. The Chef de Mission was Paul Bird. The Australian team was smaller than the Sydney Games due to a strict selection policy related to the athletes' potential to win a medal and the International Paralympic Committee's decision to remove events for athletes with an intellectual disability from the Games due to issues of cheating at the Sydney Games. This was due to a cheating scandal with the Spanish intellectually disabled basketball team in the 2000 Summer Paralympics where it was later discovered that only two players actually had intellectual disabilities. The IPC decision resulted in leading Australian athletes such as Siobhan Paton and Lisa Llorens not being able to defend their Paralympic titles.

Contents

1st round

Qualified for final round
Heat 1

20 Sept. 2004, morning session

RankAthleteTimeNotes
1Flag of Australia.svg  Ben Austin  (AUS)1:01.44PR
2Flag of Australia.svg  Ricardo Moffatti  (AUS)1:03.73
3Flag of Germany.svg  Christopher Kueken  (GER)1:05.01
4Flag of South Africa.svg  Tiaan du Plessis  (RSA)1:05.73
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Gert-Jan Schep  (NED)1:06.86
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Giles Long  (GBR)1:07.32
7Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Matteo Lenza  (ITA)1:07.82
Heat 2

20 Sept. 2004, morning session

RankAthleteTimeNotes
1Flag of Greece.svg  Konstantinos Fykas  (GRE)1:01.74
2Flag of Australia.svg  Matt Levy  (AUS)1:05.21
3Flag of Germany.svg  Christoph Burkard  (GER)1:05.69
4Flag of the United States.svg  Travis Mohr  (USA)1:05.86
5Flag of Spain.svg  Juan Francisco Jimenez  (ESP)1:05.97
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Xiao Fu  (CHN)1:06.00
7Flag of South Africa.svg  Oliver Nathan  (RSA)1:07.48

Final round

20 Sept. 2004, evening session

RankAthleteTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Ben Austin  (AUS)59.83WR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Greece.svg  Konstantinos Fykas  (GRE)1:00.37
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Ricardo Moffatti  (AUS)1:03.12
4Flag of Germany.svg  Christopher Kueken  (GER)1:03.84
5Flag of Australia.svg  Matt Levy  (AUS)1:04.99
6Flag of Germany.svg  Christoph Burkard  (GER)1:05.59
7Flag of the United States.svg  Travis Mohr  (USA)1:06.09
8Flag of South Africa.svg  Tiaan du Plessis  (RSA)1:06.11

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The Men's 100 metre freestyle S3 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 19 September. It was won by Martin Kovar, representing  Czech Republic.

The Men's 100 metre freestyle S4 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 19 September. It was won by Clodoaldo Silva, representing  Brazil.

The Men's 100 metre freestyle S5 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 19 September. It was won by Sebastián Rodríguez, representing  Spain.

The Men's 100 metre freestyle S6 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 20 September. It was won by Yin Jianhua, representing  China.

The Men's 100 metre freestyle S7 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 20 September. It was won by David Roberts, representing  Great Britain.

The Men's 100 metre freestyle S9 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 20 September. It was won by Matthew Cowdrey, representing  Australia.

The Men's 400 metre freestyle S13 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 20 September. It was won by Walter Wu, representing  Canada.

The Men's 400 metre freestyle S8 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 24 September. It was won by Christoph Burkard, representing  Germany.

The Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay 34pts swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 22 September. It was won by the team representing  Great Britain.

The Men's 4 x 50 metre freestyle relay 20pts swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 24 September. It was won by the team representing  China.

The Men's 50 metre freestyle S8 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 26 September. It was won by Wang Xiao Fu, representing  China.

The Women's 100 metre freestyle S6 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 20 September. It was won by Doramitzi Gonzalez, representing  Mexico.

The Women's 100 metre freestyle S7 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 20 September. It was won by Erin Popovich, representing  United States.

The Women's 100 metre freestyle S8 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 20 September. It was won by Jessica Long, representing  United States.

The Women's 100 metre freestyle S9 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 20 September. It was won by Natalie du Toit, representing  South Africa.

References

  1. ↑ "Schedule & Results - Swimming". Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 March 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Men's 100m Freestyle S8". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
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