Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM7

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Men's 200m Individual Medley SM7
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates7 September
Competitors13 from 10 nations
Winning time2:35.92
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Rudy Garcia-Tolson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Tian Rong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Matt Walker Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

The men's 200m individual medley SM7 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 7 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

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Results

Heats

Competed from 10:16.

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Tian Rong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:49.17Q
2 Gao Nan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:55.12Q
3 Ma Fei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:55.56Q
4 Daisuke Ejima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:58.38
5 Gledson Soares Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3:08.72
6 Kirill Sokolov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3:13.84

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Rudy Garcia-Tolson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:37.80Q, WR
2 Kevin Lambrechts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:53.93Q
3 Matt Walker Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:54.30Q
4 Jumpei Kimura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:56.73Q
5 János Becsey Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:58.31Q
6 Jay Dohnt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:03.73
7 Dejan Fabcic Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3:05.24

Final

Competed at 19:10.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Rudy Garcia-Tolson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:35.92WR
Silver medal icon.svg Tian Rong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:46.20
Bronze medal icon.svg Matt Walker Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:50.10
4 Gao Nan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:51.52
5 Ma Fei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:53.42
6 Kevin Lambrechts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:54.98
7 Jumpei Kimura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:55.03
János Becsey Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DQ

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

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