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

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Men's 50 metre freestyle S2
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
DatesSeptember 13
Competitors10 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Georgios Kapellakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Silver medal icon.svg Dmitry Kokarev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Jim Anderson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

The men's 50 metre freestyle S2 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 13, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

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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Two heats were held, with five swimmers each. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final; there, they all competed in a single final heat to earn final placements.

Heats

Heat 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Dmitry Kokarev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:09.59
Q
25 Curtis Lovejoy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:14.22
Q
33 Adriano Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:14.74
Q
46 Gabriel Feiten Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:17.85
Q
52 Christos Tampaxis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:20.84

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Jim Anderson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:10.73
Q
25 Georgios Kapellakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:11.02
Q
33 Denys Zhumela Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:13.59
Q
46 Iyad Shalabi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:14.55
Q
52 Christian Goldbach Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:20.99

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg 3 Georgios Kapellakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:04.85
Silver medal icon.svg 4 Dmitry Kokarev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:05.15
Bronze medal icon.svg 5 Jim Anderson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:06.09
47 Iyad Shalabi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:10.51
56 Denys Zhumela Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:12.04
62 Curtis Lovejoy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:12.59
78 Gabriel Feiten Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:15.14
81 Adriano Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:15.41
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