Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S2

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Men's 50m Backstroke S2
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates15 September
Competitors9 from 8 nations
Winning time1:03.17
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Dmitry Kokarev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Silver medal icon.svg Jim Anderson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Georgios Kapellakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
2004
2012

The men's 50m backstroke S2 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.

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Results

Heats

Competed from 09:26.

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Dmitry Kokarev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:06.21Q
2 Gabriel Feiten Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:12.27Q
3 Adriano Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:13.50Q
4 Curtis Lovejoy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:16.03Q

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jim Anderson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:05.56Q
2 Georgios Kapellakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:09.58Q
3 Iyad Shalabi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:13.28Q
4 Denys Zhumela Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:14.85Q
5 Christian Goldbach Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:22.63

Final

Competed at 17:06.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Dmitry Kokarev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:03.17WR
Silver medal icon.svg Jim Anderson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:04.33
Bronze medal icon.svg Georgios Kapellakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:07.31
4 Iyad Shalabi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:10.88
5 Adriano Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:13.69
6 Curtis Lovejoy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:14.69
7 Denys Zhumela Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:15.40
8 Gabriel Feiten Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:15.77

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

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