Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S4

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Men's 50m Backstroke S4
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates8 September
Competitors11 from 10 nations
Winning time42.77
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Juan Reyes Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Silver medal icon.svg David Smétanine Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Zeng Huabin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

The men's 50m backstroke S4 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

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Results

Heats

Competed from 10:01.

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 David Smétanine Flag of France.svg  France 47.39Q
2 Arnost Petracek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 50.96Q
3 Stylianos Tsakonas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 51.04Q
4 Arkaitz Garcia Tolson Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 55.01
5 Joon Seo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 56.70

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Juan Reyes Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 42.71Q, WR
2 Zeng Huabin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 49.44Q
3 Kestutis Skucas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 49.67Q
4 Jan Povysil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 52.46Q
5 Nelson Lopes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 52.74Q
6 Joe McCarthy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.70

Final

Competed at 18:36.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Juan Reyes Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 42.77
Silver medal icon.svg David Smétanine Flag of France.svg  France 48.66
Bronze medal icon.svg Zeng Huabin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 49.02
4 Arnost Petracek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 50.40
5 Kestutis Skucas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 50.59
6 Stylianos Tsakonas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 51.15
7 Jan Povysil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 52.79
8 Nelson Lopes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 53.38

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

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