Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S9

The men's 50m freestyle S9 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 50m Freestyle S9
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates14 September
Competitors23 from 16 nations
Winning time25.34
Medalists
Matthew Cowdrey  Australia
Guo Zhi  China
Xiong Xiaoming  China

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:38.

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Xiong Xiaoming China25.77Q
2Wang Renjie China26.04Q
3Cody Bureau United States27.11
4Mauro Brasil Brazil27.18
5Andriy Sirovatchenko Ukraine27.27
6Dmitry Polin Russia29.46
7Pascal Laperotine Mauritius36.39

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Guo Zhi China25.69Q
2Andriy Kalyna Ukraine26.30Q
3Sami El Gueddari France26.70Q
4Simon Miller Great Britain27.41
5Christian Thomsen Denmark27.50
6Mark Barr United States27.89
7Michael Prout United States28.12
8Josefa Harijaona Randrianony Madagascar38.06

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Matthew Cowdrey Australia26.09Q
2Jose Antonio Mari Spain26.73Q
3Tamás Sors Hungary26.73Q
4David Grachat Portugal26.77
5Takuro Yamada Japan27.04
6Stephen Osborne Australia27.20
7Taras Yastremskyy Ukraine27.83
8David Taylor Barbados47.73

Final

Competed at 19:59.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Matthew Cowdrey Australia25.34WR
Guo Zhi China25.51
Xiong Xiaoming China25.60
4Wang Renjie China26.03
5Tamás Sors Hungary26.21
6Andriy Kalyna Ukraine26.46
7Sami El Gueddari France26.65
8Jose Antonio Mari Spain26.89
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