Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre butterfly S6

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Men's 50m Butterfly S6
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 13 September
Competitors 13 from 11 nations
Winning time 30.79
Medalists
Xu Qing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Kyosuke Oyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Sascha Kindred Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

The men's 50m butterfly S6 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 13 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

2008 Summer Paralympics

The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the 13th Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao.

Beijing National Aquatics Center architectural structure

The Beijing National Aquatics Center, also officially known as the National Aquatics Center, and colloquially known as the Water Cube, is an aquatics center that was built alongside Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Green for the swimming competitions of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Despite its nickname, the building is not an actual cube, but a cuboid. Ground was broken on December 24, 2003, and the Center was completed and handed over for use on January 28, 2008. Swimmers at the Water Cube broke 25 world records during the 2008 Olympics.

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Results

Heats

Competed from 09:15.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Oyama, Kyosuke Kyosuke Oyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 32.59 Q
2 Kindred, Sascha Sascha Kindred Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 33.12 Q
3 Vidal, Daniel Daniel Vidal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 34.00 Q
4 Silva, Luis Luis Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 36.24 Q
5 Semenenko, Iaroslav Iaroslav Semenenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 37.08
Liu Ce Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China DQ

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Xu Qing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 31.89 Q, WR
2 Plotnikov, Igor Igor Plotnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 33.26 Q
3 Li Peng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 33.45 Q
4 Michalski, Mateusz Mateusz Michalski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 36.07 Q
5 Bencsura, Zoltan Zoltan Bencsura Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 36.95
6 Helgeland, Stian Stian Helgeland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 37.41
7 Naing Sit Aung Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar 38.13

Final

Competed at 17:11.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Xu Qing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 30.79 WR
Oyama, Kyosuke Kyosuke Oyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 31.01
Kindred, Sascha Sascha Kindred Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 32.49
4 Li Peng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 32.83
5 Vidal, Daniel Daniel Vidal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 32.97
6 Plotnikov, Igor Igor Plotnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 33.25
7 Michalski, Mateusz Mateusz Michalski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 35.20
8 Silva, Luis Luis Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 37.90

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. DQ = Disqualified.

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