Men's 50 metre backstroke S2 at the XVII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | La Défense Arena | ||||||||||||
Date | 31 August 2024 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 10 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 50.93 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Men's events | |||||
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50 m freestyle | S3 | S4 | S5 | S7 | S9 |
S10 | S11 | S13 | |||
100 m freestyle | S4 | S5 | S6 | S8 | S10 |
S12 | |||||
200 m freestyle | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S14 |
400 m freestyle | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S11 |
S13 | |||||
50 m backstroke | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 |
100 m backstroke | S1 | S2 | S6 | S7 | S8 |
S9 | S10 | S11 | S12 | S13 | |
S14 | |||||
50 m breaststroke | SB2 | SB3 | |||
100 m breaststroke | SB4 | SB5 | SB6 | SB8 | SB9 |
SB11 | SB13 | SB14 | |||
50 m butterfly | S5 | S6 | S7 | ||
100 m butterfly | S8 | S9 | S10 | S11 | S12 |
S13 | S14 | ||||
150 m medley | SM3 | SM4 | |||
200 m medley | SM6 | SM7 | SM8 | SM9 | SM10 |
SM11 | SM13 | SM14 | |||
The men's 50 metre backstroke swimming (S2) event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 31 August 2024, at the La Défense Arena in Paris.
Prior to the competition, the existing world and Paralympic records were as follows.
World Record | Zou Liankang (CHN) | 47.17 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 15 September 2016 |
Paralympic Record | Zou Liankang (CHN) | 47.17 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 15 September 2016 |
The heats were started at 09:59. [1]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 4 | Gabriel Araújo | Brazil | 53.67 | Q |
2 | 2 | 5 | Vladimir Danilenko | Neutral Paralympic Athletes | 56.99 | Q |
3 | 1 | 5 | Alberto Abarza | Chile | 59.99 | Q |
4 | 1 | 4 | Jacek Czech | Poland | 1:02.52 | Q |
5 | 1 | 3 | Cristopher Tronco | Mexico | 1:03.00 | Q |
6 | 2 | 3 | Roman Bondarenko | Ukraine | 1:06.10 | Q |
7 | 2 | 6 | Rodrigo Santillán | Peru | 1:08.08 | Q |
8 | 1 | 6 | Jesús López | Mexico | 1:10.51 | Q |
9 | 2 | 2 | Conrad Hildebrand | Sweden | 1:19.66 | |
10 | 1 | 2 | Mikel Erdozain | Spain | 1:43.15 |
The final was held at 18:00. [2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Gabriel Araújo | Brazil | 50.93 | AM | |
5 | Vladimir Danilenko | Neutral Paralympic Athletes | 57.54 | ||
3 | Alberto Abarza | Chile | 58.12 | ||
4 | 6 | Jacek Czech | Poland | 59.36 | |
5 | 2 | Cristopher Tronco | Mexico | 1:04.15 | |
6 | 7 | Roman Bondarenko | Ukraine | 1:04.94 | |
7 | 1 | Rodrigo Santillán | Peru | 1:07.60 | |
8 | 8 | Jesús López | Mexico | 1:08.56 |
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