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

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Men's 50m Freestyle S4
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 15 September
Competitors 12 from 10 nations
Winning time 37.89
Medalists
David Smétanine Flag of France.svg  France
Richard Oribe Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Jan Povysil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic

The men's 50m freestyle S4 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 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 09:54.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Oribe, Richard Richard Oribe Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 39.30 Q
2 Mazzone, Luca Luca Mazzone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 42.47 Q
3 Reyes, Juan Juan Reyes Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 44.02 Q
4 Tsakonas, Stylianos Stylianos Tsakonas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 44.31
5 Petracek, Arnost Arnost Petracek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 46.75
6 Castorena, Jose Jose Castorena Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 50.79

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Smetanine David David Smétanine Flag of France.svg  France 37.79 Q
2 Povysil, Jan Jan Povysil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 39.75 Q
3 McCarthy, Joe Joe McCarthy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 40.85 Q
4 Lindhe, Christoffer Christoffer Lindhe Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 43.09 Q
5 Khmelnitskiy, Ivan Ivan Khmelnitskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 44.21 Q
6 Skucas, Kestutis Kestutis Skucas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 49.56

Final

Competed at 18:17.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Smetanine David David Smétanine Flag of France.svg  France 37.89
Oribe, Richard Richard Oribe Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 38.69
Povysil, Jan Jan Povysil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 39.35
4 Mazzone, Luca Luca Mazzone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 39.60
5 McCarthy, Joe Joe McCarthy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 39.95
6 Lindhe, Christoffer Christoffer Lindhe Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 42.75
7 Reyes, Juan Juan Reyes Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 43.07
8 Khmelnitskiy, Ivan Ivan Khmelnitskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 43.93

Q = qualified for final.

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