Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S12

Men's 100m Freestyle S12 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	12 September
Competitors	14 from 8 nations
Winning time	51.93
Medalists
Maksym Veraksa  Ukraine Sergii Klippert  Ukraine Alexander Nevolin-Svetov  Russia

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
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
50 m breaststroke			SB3
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50 m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150 m medley				SM4
200 m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50 m (20pts)
	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50 m (20pts)
	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The men's 100m freestyle S12 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 12 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:47.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sergii Klippert	Ukraine	54.40	Q, PR
2	Alexander Nevolin-Svetov	Russia	55.00	Q
3	Tucker Dupree	United States	55.16	Q
4	Albert Gelis	Spain	58.15	Q
5	Alexander Pikalov	Russia	58.18
6	Ziv Better	Israel	1:01.13
7	Sergiy Demchuk	Ukraine	1:03.02

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Maksym Veraksa	Ukraine	54.32	Q, PR
2	Raman Makarau	Belarus	55.29	Q
3	Sergei Punko	Belarus	55.67	Q
4	Omar Font	Spain	56.01	Q
5	Alessandro Serpico	Italy	58.47
6	Enrique Floriano	Spain	59.38
7	Robert Musiorski	Poland	1:00.90

Final

Competed at 17:48.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Maksym Veraksa	Ukraine	51.93	WR
	Sergii Klippert	Ukraine	53.81
	Alexander Nevolin-Svetov	Russia	54.58
4	Raman Makarau	Belarus	54.77
5	Sergei Punko	Belarus	54.99
6	Omar Font	Spain	55.75
7	Tucker Dupree	United States	56.16
8	Albert Gelis	Spain	58.70

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Freestyle S12". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2012.