Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S2

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Men's 100m Freestyle S2
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 9 September
Competitors 10 from 8 nations
Winning time 2:18.04
Medalists
Dmitry Kokarev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Georgios Kapellakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Jim Anderson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

The men's 100m freestyle S2 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 9 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 09:00.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Anderson, Jim Jim Anderson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:26.23 Q
2 Zhumela, Denys Denys Zhumela Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:34.40 Q
3 Pereira, Adriano Adriano Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:36.14 Q
4 Goldbach, Christian Christian Goldbach Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:47.56
5 Tampaxis, Christos Christos Tampaxis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:53.19

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Kokarev, Dmitry Dmitry Kokarev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:19.39 Q
2 Kapellakis, Georgios Georgios Kapellakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:31.97 Q
3 Lovejoy, Curtis Curtis Lovejoy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:35.48 Q
4 Feiten, Gabriel Gabriel Feiten Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:35.83 Q
5 Shalabi, Iyad Iyad Shalabi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:38.80 Q

Final

Competed at 17:00.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Kokarev, Dmitry Dmitry Kokarev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:18.04
Kapellakis, Georgios Georgios Kapellakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:23.63
Anderson, Jim Jim Anderson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:24.32
4 Pereira, Adriano Adriano Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:32.45
5 Feiten, Gabriel Gabriel Feiten Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:33.72
6 Lovejoy, Curtis Curtis Lovejoy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:34.11
7 Zhumela, Denys Denys Zhumela Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:35.90
8 Shalabi, Iyad Iyad Shalabi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:37.66

Q = qualified for final.

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