Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM9

Men's 200m Individual Medley SM9 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	11 September
Competitors	9 from 7 nations
Winning time	2:13.60
Medalists
Matthew Cowdrey  Australia Andriy Kalyna  Ukraine Cody Bureau  United States

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 SM9 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 10:12.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Andriy Kalyna	Ukraine	2:20.46	Q, PR
2	Tamás Sors	Hungary	2:22.98	Q
3	Takuro Yamada	Japan	2:25.44	Q
4	Michael Prout	United States	2:25.65	Q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Matthew Cowdrey	Australia	2:20.62	Q
2	Cody Bureau	United States	2:27.30	Q
3	David Grachat	Portugal	2:28.75	Q
	Guo Zhi	China		DQ
	Jarrett Perry	United States		DQ

Final

Competed at 18:19.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Matthew Cowdrey	Australia	2:13.60	WR
	Andriy Kalyna	Ukraine	2:17.21
	Cody Bureau	United States	2:20.21
4	Tamás Sors	Hungary	2:21.42
5	Takuro Yamada	Japan	2:24.20
6	Michael Prout	United States	2:25.56
7	David Grachat	Portugal	2:26.13

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 200m Individual Medley SM9". 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.