Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S2

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Men's 50 metre backstroke S2
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Dates5 September
Competitors10 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Yang Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Aristeidis Makrodimitris Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Bronze medal icon.svg Dmitrii Kokarev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
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The men's 50 metre backstroke S2 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 5 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

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Two heats were held, both with five swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Yang Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:01.35Q, WR
24 Aristeidis Makrodimitris Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:07.14Q
33 Iad Josef Shalabi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:08.37Q
45 Jacek Czech Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:09.31Q
56 Georgios Kapellakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:11.80Q

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 James Anderson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:07.17Q
23 Ievgen Panibratets Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:07.33Q
34 Dmitrii Kokarev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:10.93Q
46 Francesco Bettella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:13.76
52 Curtis Lovejoy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:16.06

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Yang Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:00.90WR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Aristeidis Makrodimitris Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:04.71
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Dmitrii Kokarev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:05.70
43 James Anderson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:07.30
57 Jacek Czech Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:07.74
62 Iad Josef Shalabi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:08.97
78 Georgios Kapellakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:10.73
86 Ievgen Panibratets Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:11.03

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