Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle S3

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Men's 200m Freestyle S3
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 9 September
Competitors 6 from 5 nations
Winning time 3:22.98
Medalists
Dmytro Vynohradets Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Li Hanhua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Du Jianping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

The men's 200m freestyle S3 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 9 September. There were no heats in this event.

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.

Final

Competed at 18:32.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Vynohradets, Dmytro Dmytro Vynohradets Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3:22.98 WR
Li Hanhua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3:23.40
Du Jianping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3:27.82
4 Kostakis, Ioannis Ioannis Kostakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3:38.42
5 Andrade, Genezi Genezi Andrade Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:15.50
6 Demarco, Michael Michael Demarco Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:39.79

WR = World Record.

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