Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S4

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Men's 100 metre freestyle S4
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
DatesSeptember 7
Competitors9 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg David Smetanine Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Richard Oribe Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bronze medal icon.svg Jan Povysil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic

The men's 100 metre freestyle S4 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 7, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

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Two heats were held, with four swimmers in the first heat and five swimmers in the second heat. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final; there, they all competed in a single final heat to earn final placements.

Heats

Heat 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Richard Oribe Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:26.96Q
23 Ivan Khmelnitskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:32.66Q
35 Luca Mazzone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:37.23Q
46 Stylianos Tsakonas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:40.63

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 David Smetanine Flag of France.svg  France 1:23.87Q
25 Jan Povysil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:25.72Q
32 Christoffer Lindhe Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:32.98Q
46 Juan Reyes Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:36.25Q
53 Joe McCarthy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:40.19Q

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg 4 David Smetanine Flag of France.svg  France 1:24.67
Silver medal icon.svg 3 Richard Oribe Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:26.62
Bronze medal icon.svg 5 Jan Povysil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:26.75
46 Christoffer Lindhe Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:30.92
51 Luca Mazzone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:31.21
62 Ivan Khmelnitskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:33.37
78 Joe McCarthy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:34.37
87 Juan Reyes Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:37.30

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