Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S13

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Men's 100m Backstroke S13
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 14 September
Competitors 12 from 9 nations
Winning time 59.85
Medalists
Charalampos Taiganidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Oleksii Fedyna Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Dmytro Aleksyeyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine

The men's 100m backstroke S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 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 10:06.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Aleksyeyev, Dmytro Dmytro Aleksyeyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Q
2 Bouwer, Charl Charl Bouwer Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Q
3 Hill, Brian Brian Hill Flag of Canada.svg  Canada Q
4 Gotell, Devin Devin Gotell Flag of Canada.svg  Canada Q
5 Latikka, Antti Antti Latikka Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Q
6 Stepanek, Martin Martin Stepanek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Taiganidis, Charalampos Charalampos Taiganidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Q, PR
2 Fedyna, Oleksii Oleksii Fedyna Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Q
3 Clausner, Daniel Daniel Clausner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Q
4 Mendez, Kevin Kevin Mendez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
5 Ellis, Dave Dave Ellis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Simon, Daniel Daniel Simon Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS

Final

Competed at 18:41.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Taiganidis, Charalampos Charalampos Taiganidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 59.85 WR
Fedyna, Oleksii Oleksii Fedyna Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Aleksyeyev, Dmytro Dmytro Aleksyeyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
4 Bouwer, Charl Charl Bouwer Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
5 Hill, Brian Brian Hill Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
6 Clausner, Daniel Daniel Clausner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
7 Latikka, Antti Antti Latikka Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
8 Gotell, Devin Devin Gotell Flag of Canada.svg  Canada

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. DNS = Did not start.

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