Men's 50 metre backstroke S5 at the XIV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | London Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 6 September | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 18 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Men's events | |||||
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50 m freestyle | S2 | S4 | S5 | ||
S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | |
S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
100 m freestyle | S2 | S4 | S5 | ||
S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | |
S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
200 m freestyle | S2 | S4 | S5 | S14 | |
400 m freestyle | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 |
S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
50 m backstroke | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 |
100 m backstroke | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 |
S11 | S12 | S13 | S14 | ||
50 m breaststroke | SB3 | ||||
100 m breaststroke | SB4 | SB5 | |||
SB6 | SB7 | SB8 | SB9 | ||
SB11 | SB12 | SB13 | SB14 | ||
50 m butterfly | S5 | ||||
S6 | S7 | ||||
100 m butterfly | S8 | S9 | S10 | ||
S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
150 m medley | SM4 | ||||
SM6 | SM7 | SM8 | SM9 | SM10 | |
SM12 | SM13 | ||||
Freestyle relays | 4 × 100 m (34pts) | ||||
Medley relays | 4 × 100 m (34pts) | ||||
The men's 50 metre backstroke S5 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 6 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.
Three heats were held, each with six swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Zsolt Vereczkei | ![]() | 38.86 | Q |
2 | 2 | Jonas Larsen | ![]() | 42.56 | Q |
3 | 5 | Anthony Stephens | ![]() | 43.60 | |
4 | 3 | Francisco Avelino | ![]() | 44.89 | |
5 | 6 | Roy Perkins | ![]() | 47.37 | |
6 | 7 | Matija Grebenic | ![]() | 49.36 | |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | He Junquan | ![]() | 37.02 | Q |
2 | 2 | Vo Thanh Tung | ![]() | 42.26 | Q |
3 | 5 | Zul Amirul Sidi Bin Abdullah | ![]() | 43.00 | Q |
4 | 6 | Ricardo Ten | ![]() | 43.07 | |
5 | 3 | James Scully | ![]() | 45.27 | |
6 | 7 | Miguel Luque | ![]() | 49.36 | |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Daniel Dias | ![]() | 36.29 | Q |
2 | 5 | Andrew Mullen | ![]() | 39.69 | Q |
3 | 3 | Cameron Leslie | ![]() | 42.88 | Q, OC |
4 | 6 | Beytullah Eroglu | ![]() | 43.11 | |
5 | 7 | Ariel Quassi | ![]() | 49.45 | |
2 | Jamery Siga | ![]() | DSQ | ||
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Daniel Dias | ![]() | 34.99 | WR |
![]() | 5 | He Junquan | ![]() | 36.41 | |
![]() | 3 | Zsolt Vereczkei | ![]() | 38.92 | |
4 | 6 | Andrew Mullen | ![]() | 39.54 | |
5 | 1 | Cameron Leslie | ![]() | 42.40 | OC |
6 | 2 | Vo Thanh Tung | ![]() | 42.59 | |
7 | 7 | Jonas Larsen | ![]() | 42.93 | |
8 | 8 | Zul Amirul Sidi Bin Abdullah | ![]() | 43.21 |
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