Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S9

Men's 100m Freestyle S9 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	8 September
Competitors	20 from 11 nations
Winning time	55.30
Medalists
Matthew Cowdrey   Australia Guo Zhi   China Tamás Sors   Hungary

The men's 100m freestyle S9 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:58.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tamás Sors	Hungary	57.59	Q, PR
2	Xiong Xiaoming	China	58.94
3	Jose Antonio Mari	Spain	59.07
4	Simon Miller	Great Britain	59.08
5	Michael Prout	United States	59.18
6	Taras Yastremskyy	Ukraine	59.37

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Guo Zhi	China	56.24	Q, PR
2	Takuro Yamada	Japan	57.82	Q
3	Sami El Gueddari	France	58.72	Q
4	Jesus Collado	Spain	58.82
5	Sam Bramham	Australia	58.97
6	Wang Renjie	China	59.00
7	Andriy Sirovatchenko	Ukraine	1:00.18

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Matthew Cowdrey	Australia	56.53	Q
2	Andriy Kalyna	Ukraine	57.35	Q
3	David Grachat	Portugal	57.93	Q
4	Cody Bureau	United States	58.29	Q
5	Mark Barr	United States	59.56
6	Stephen Osborne	Australia	59.70
7	Christian Thomsen	Denmark	59.99

Final

Competed at 20:22.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Matthew Cowdrey	Australia	55.30	WR
	Guo Zhi	China	56.13
	Tamás Sors	Hungary	56.80
4	Andriy Kalyna	Ukraine	57.12
5	Takuro Yamada	Japan	57.29
6	David Grachat	Portugal	57.55
7	Cody Bureau	United States	58.14
8	Sami El Gueddari	France	58.68

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Freestyle S9". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2012.