Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S4

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Men's 50 metre freestyle S4
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Dates31 August 2012
Competitors16 from 13 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Eskender Mustafaiev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Silver medal icon.svg David Smetanine Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Jan Povysil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic

The men's 50 metre freestyle S4 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 31 August, at the London Aquatics Centre.

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Two heats were held, one with seven competitors, the other with eight. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Gustavo Sanchez Martinez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 39.48Q
26 Darko Duric Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 39.71Q
34 Richard Oribe Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 39.80Q
43 Jan Povysil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 40.65Q
52 Michael Schoenmaker Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 43.01
67 Aleksei Lyzhikhin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 44.08
71 Kestutis Skucas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 52.13

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Eskender Mustafaiev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 38.77Q
24 David Smetanine Flag of France.svg  France 38.97Q
33 Kyunghyun Kim Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 40.37Q
46 Christoffer Lindhe Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 41.52Q
57 Arnost Petracek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 43.12
62 Ronystony Cordeiro da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 44.22
78 Grant Patterson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 55.49
81 Arnulfo Castorena Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:03.49

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Eskender Mustafaiev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 38.26
Silver medal icon.svg5 David Smetanine Flag of France.svg  France 38.75
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Jan Povysil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 39.47
42 Richard Oribe Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 39.47
53 Gustavo Sanchez Martinez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 39.97
66 Darko Duric Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 40.21
78 Christoffer Lindhe Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 41.02
87 Kyunghyun Kim Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 42.49

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