Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB5

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Men's 100m Breaststroke SB5
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 12 September
Competitors 12 from 11 nations
Winning time 1:34.69
Medalists
Pedro Rangel Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Thomas Grimm Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Tadhg Slattery Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

The men's 100m breaststroke SB5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 12 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 10:18.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Slattery, Tadhg Tadhg Slattery Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:37.44 Q
2 Olsson, Anders Anders Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:43.92 Q
3 Paulson, Aaron Aaron Paulson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:44.68 Q
4 Morelli, Efrem Efrem Morelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:47.88
5 Samuksaneeto, Taweesook Taweesook Samuksaneeto Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1:51.18
6 Win San Aung Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar 1:54.51

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rangel, Pedro Pedro Rangel Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:33.95 Q
2 Grunenberg, Niels Niels Grunenberg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:34.83 Q
3 Grimm, Thomas Thomas Grimm Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:38.15 Q
4 Lim Woo Geun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:40.51 Q
5 Amar, Lioz Lioz Amar Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:42.11 Q
6 Lima, Adriano Adriano Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:47.10

Final

Competed at 18:42.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Rangel, Pedro Pedro Rangel Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:34.69
Grimm, Thomas Thomas Grimm Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:35.41
Slattery, Tadhg Tadhg Slattery Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:36.11
4 Grunenberg, Niels Niels Grunenberg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:36.68
5 Lim Woo Geun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:38.98
6 Olsson, Anders Anders Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:40.47
7 Paulson, Aaron Aaron Paulson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:42.43
8 Amar, Lioz Lioz Amar Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:42.50

Q = qualified for final.

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