Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S3

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Men's 50 metre freestyle S3
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
DatesSeptember 7
Competitors11 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Dmytro Vynohradets Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Silver medal icon.svg Du Jianping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Byeong-Eon Min Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea

The men's 50 metre freestyle S3 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 7, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

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Two heats were held, with eleven swimmers in total. 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

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Du Jianping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 52.70Q
2 Dmytro Vynohradets Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 53.71Q
3Miguel Angel MartinezFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 57.32Q
4 Albert Bakaev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 58.64Q
5 Michael Demarco Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.69Q
6 Loi Si Ao Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 1:23.77

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Byeong Eon Min Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 46.91Q
2 Ioannis Kostakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 49.87Q
3 Li Hanhua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 50.13Q
4 Cristopher Tronco Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:05.00
5 Jimmy Eulert Flag of Peru.svg  Peru DQ

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Dmytro Vynohradets Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 42.60WR
Silver medal icon.svg Du Jianping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 44.19
Bronze medal icon.svg Min Byeong-eon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 45.75
4 Li Hanhua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 47.15
5 Ioannis Kostakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 49.84
6Miguel Angel MartinezFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 57.11
7 Michael Demarco Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:01.69
8 Albert Bakaev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:03.95

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