Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S8

Men's 100m Freestyle S8
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 8 September
Competitors 16 from 9 nations
Winning time 58.84
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Wang Xiaofu  China
2nd, silver medalist(s) Konstantin Lisenkov  Russia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Peter Leek  Australia

The men's 100m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:42.

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Ben Austin Australia59.62Q, PR
2Konstantin Lisenkov Russia1:00.32Q
3Ricardo Moffatti Australia1:00.67Q
4Sam Hynd Great Britain1:01.67Q
5Guo Jun China1:02.29
6Christoph Burkard Germany1:04.99
7Drew Christensen Canada1:06.14
8Ievgen Poltavskyi Ukraine1:11.78

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Peter Leek Australia59.00Q, PR
2Wang Xiaofu China59.68Q
3Konstantinos Fykas Greece1:00.96Q
4Tian Hengheng China1:02.09Q
5Sean Fraser Great Britain1:02.45
6Ferenc Csuri Hungary1:03.55
7Nikolai Willig Germany1:03.69
8Mikhail Boyarin Russia1:05.68

Final

Competed at 19:56.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Wang Xiaofu China58.84PR
2nd, silver medalist(s)Konstantin Lisenkov Russia59.01
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Peter Leek Australia59.14
4Ben Austin Australia59.78
5Ricardo Moffatti Australia59.93
6Sam Hynd Great Britain1:01.04
7Konstantinos Fykas Greece1:01.40
8Tian Hengheng China1:01.89

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record.

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