Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S8

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Men's 50m Freestyle S8
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates14 September
Competitors14 from 8 nations
Winning time26.45
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Wang Xiaofu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Peter Leek Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Konstantin Lisenkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

The men's 50m freestyle S8 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.

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Results

Heats

Competed from 10:28.

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Konstantin Lisenkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 27.78Q
2 Ben Austin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 28.09Q
3 Wei Yanpeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 28.55Q
4 Ferenc Csuri Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 29.13
5 Sam Hynd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 29.27
6 Drew Christensen Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 29.30
Konstantinos Fykas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece DQ

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Wang Xiaofu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 26.83Q
2 Peter Leek Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 27.69Q
3 Guo Jun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 27.87Q
4 Matt Levy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 28.55Q
5 Nikolai Willig Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 29.03Q
6 Sean Fraser Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 29.08
7 Mikhail Boyarin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 30.42

Final

Competed at 19:33.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Wang Xiaofu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 26.45WR
Silver medal icon.svg Peter Leek Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 26.89
Bronze medal icon.svg Konstantin Lisenkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 27.18
4 Guo Jun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 27.46
5 Ben Austin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 27.82
6 Wei Yanpeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 28.03
7 Nikolai Willig Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 28.94
8 Matt Levy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 29.68

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. DQ = Disqualified.

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