Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S8

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Men's 100m Backstroke S8
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates10 September
Competitors15 from 11 nations
Winning time1:06.33
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Konstantin Lisenkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Silver medal icon.svg Peter Leek Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Sean Fraser Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

The men's 100m backstroke S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 10 September. There were two heats; the eight swimmers with the fastest times from those two heats advanced to the final.

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Results

Heats

Competed from 09:40.

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Peter Leek Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:07.54Q, PR
2 Alexey Fomenkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:13.06Q
3 Ievgen Poltavskyi Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:13.40Q
4 Mihovil Spanja Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:13.62Q
5 Drew Christensen Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:15.78Q
6 Yann Nouard Flag of France.svg  France 1:17.14
7 Gledson Soares Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:19.13

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Konstantin Lisenkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:06.72Q, WR
2 Sean Fraser Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:10.77Q
3 Ricardo Moffatti Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:13.56Q
4 Tom Miazga Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:16.01
5 David Malone Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:16.80
6 Blake Cochrane Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:17.72
7 Rudy Garcia Tolson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:18.02
Wang Xiaofu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China DQ

Final

Competed at 18:05.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Konstantin Lisenkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:06.33WR
Silver medal icon.svg Peter Leek Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:07.28
Bronze medal icon.svg Sean Fraser Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:11.28
4 Alexey Fomenkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:12.33
5 Ricardo Moffatti Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:12.58
6 Ievgen Poltavskyi Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:13.40
7 Mihovil Spanja Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:14.25
8 Drew Christensen Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:15.49

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

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