Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S11

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Men's 50m Freestyle S11
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 14 September
Competitors 17 from 10 nations
Winning time 25.82
Medalists
Enhamed Enhamed Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Junichi Kawai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Alexander Chekurov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

The men's 50m freestyle S11 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were three 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 09:00.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Chekurov, Alexander Alexander Chekurov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 27.51 Q
2 Polkowski, Grzegorz Grzegorz Polkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 28.18 Q
3 Kimura, Keiichi Keiichi Kimura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 28.35
4 Tychkov, Konstantin Konstantin Tychkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 28.47
5 Cohen, Izhar Izhar Cohen Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 28.66

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Enhamed, Enhamed Enhamed Enhamed Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 26.34 Q
2 Kawai, Junichi Junichi Kawai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 27.43 Q
3 Mashchenko, Oleksandr Oleksandr Mashchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 28.20 Q
4 Pietrasik, Damian Damian Pietrasik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 28.56
5 Cruz, Eduardo Eduardo Cruz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 29.34
6 Muravyev, Pavel Pavel Muravyev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 31.59

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yang Bozun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 27.10 Q
2 Tildesley, Donovan Donovan Tildesley Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 28.13 Q
3 Smyrnov, Viktor Viktor Smyrnov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 28.13 Q
4 Scholz, Philip Philip Scholz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 29.23
5 Ryszka, Marcin Marcin Ryszka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 29.38
6 Nurmukhametov, Rustam Rustam Nurmukhametov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 29.44

Final

Competed at 17:00.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Enhamed, Enhamed Enhamed Enhamed Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25.82 WR
Kawai, Junichi Junichi Kawai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 27.16
Chekurov, Alexander Alexander Chekurov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 27.26
4 Yang Bozun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 27.30
5 Smyrnov, Viktor Viktor Smyrnov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 27.74
6 Polkowski, Grzegorz Grzegorz Polkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 27.83
7 Tildesley, Donovan Donovan Tildesley Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 28.08
8 Mashchenko, Oleksandr Oleksandr Mashchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 28.44

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

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