Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM5

Men's 200m Individual Medley SM5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	11 September
Competitors	8 from 7 nations
Winning time	2:52.60
Medalists
Daniel Dias  Brazil He Junquan  China Pablo Cimadevila  Spain

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 SM5 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 (although apparently there were only eight entrants so no-one was eliminated).

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:39.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	He Junquan	China	3:05.15	Q
2	Ervin Kovacs	Hungary	3:14.70	Q
3	Ivanildo Vasconcelos	Brazil	3:42.56	Q
4	Vidal Dominguez	Mexico	3:45.96	Q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Daniel Dias	Brazil	2:59.04	Q, PR
2	Pablo Cimadevila	Spain	3:06.41	Q
3	Roy Perkins	United States	3:30.69	Q
4	Ariel Quassi	Argentina	3:47.46	Q

Final

Competed at 17:24.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Daniel Dias	Brazil	2:52.60	WR
	He Junquan	China	3:00.92
	Pablo Cimadevila	Spain	3:01.58
4	Ervin Kovacs	Hungary	3:12.02
5	Roy Perkins	United States	3:23.63
6	Ivanildo Vasconcelos	Brazil	3:30.58
7	Ariel Quassi	Argentina	3:42.93
8	Vidal Dominguez	Mexico	3:50.11

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 200m Individual Medley SM5". 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.