Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S7

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Men's 50m Freestyle S7
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 14 September
Competitors 9 from 7 nations
Winning time 27.95
Medalists
David Roberts Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Matt Walker Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Lantz Lamback Flag of the United States.svg  United States

The men's 50m freestyle S7 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 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 10:18.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Walker, Matt Matt Walker Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 28.75 Q
2 Hadley, Alex Alex Hadley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 30.76 Q
3 Andriushin, Iurii Iurii Andriushin Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 31.17 Q
4 Tsotras, Nikolaos Nikolaos Tsotras Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 31.41 Q

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Roberts, David David Roberts Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 28.33 Q, PR
2 Lamback, Lantz Lantz Lamback Flag of the United States.svg  United States 29.95 Q
3 Fox, Jon Jon Fox Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 31.17 Q
4 Becsey, Janos Janos Becsey Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 31.99 Q
5 Fabcic, Dejan Dejan Fabcic Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 33.80

Final

Competed at 19:07.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Roberts, David David Roberts Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 27.95 PR
Walker, Matt Matt Walker Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 28.60
Lamback, Lantz Lantz Lamback Flag of the United States.svg  United States 28.81
4 Hadley, Alex Alex Hadley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 30.75
5 Tsotras, Nikolaos Nikolaos Tsotras Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 31.01
6 Andriushin, Iurii Iurii Andriushin Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 31.12
7 Becsey, Janos Janos Becsey Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 31.46
8 Fox, Jon Jon Fox Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 31.53

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record.

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