Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM10

Men's 200m Individual Medley SM10 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	11 September
Competitors	14 from 11 nations
Winning time	2:12.78
Medalists
Rick Pendleton  Australia André Brasil  Brazil Benoît Huot  Canada

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 200m individual medley SM10 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 11 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:31.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Rick Pendleton	Australia	2:18.76	Q
2	Jeremy Tidy	Australia	2:19.44	Q
3	Sven Decaesstecker	Belgium	2:19.57	Q
4	Mike van der Zanden	Netherlands	2:24.56
5	Vincent Rupp	France	2:24.75
6	Christoph Weber	Germany	2:28.49
7	Eduard Samarin	Russia	2:30.93

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Benoît Huot	Canada	2:20.13	Q
2	Lucas Ludwig	Germany	2:20.37	Q
3	André Brasil	Brazil	2:20.40	Q
4	Robert Welbourn	Great Britain	2:21.25	Q
5	Filip Coufal	Czech Republic	2:21.56	Q
6	Kevin Paul	South Africa	2:22.15
7	Daniel Bell	Australia	2:22.96

Final

Competed at 19:25.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rick Pendleton	Australia	2:12.78	WR
	André Brasil	Brazil	2:14.20
	Benoît Huot	Canada	2:15.22
4	Sven Decaesstecker	Belgium	2:16.21
5	Lucas Ludwig	Germany	2:18.93
6	Jeremy Tidy	Australia	2:19.76
7	Robert Welbourn	Great Britain	2:19.91
8	Filip Coufal	Czech Republic	2:23.18

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 200m Individual Medley SM10". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 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 20 September 2012.