Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB3

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Men's 50m Breaststroke SB3
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 11 September
Competitors 9 from 7 nations
Winning time 49.06
Medalists
Takayuki Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Vicente Gil Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Miguel Luque Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

The men's 50m breaststroke SB3 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 11 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 09:32.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Luque, Miguel Miguel Luque Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 51.92 Q
2 Bonacini, Filippo Filippo Bonacini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 55.75 Q
3 Tsagkaris, Vasileios Vasileios Tsagkaris Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 56.04 Q
4 Demarco, Michael Michael Demarco Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Suzuki, Takayuki Takayuki Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 48.49 Q, WR
2 Gil, Vicente Vicente Gil Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 49.46 Q
3 Karaouzas, Konstantinos Konstantinos Karaouzas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 56.71 Q
4 Povysil, Jan Jan Povysil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 58.02 Q
5 Batista, Moises Moises Batista Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Q

Final

Competed at 17:19.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Suzuki, Takayuki Takayuki Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 49.06
Gil, Vicente Vicente Gil Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 49.91
Luque, Miguel Miguel Luque Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 52.83
4 Karaouzas, Konstantinos Konstantinos Karaouzas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 54.47
5 Bonacini, Filippo Filippo Bonacini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 55.76
6 Tsagkaris, Vasileios Vasileios Tsagkaris Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 55.91
7 Povysil, Jan Jan Povysil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 57.27
8 Batista, Moises Moises Batista Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

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