Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S4

Men's 50m Backstroke S4 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	8 September
Competitors	11 from 10 nations
Winning time	42.77
Medalists
Juan Reyes  Mexico David Smétanine  France Zeng Huabin  China

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 50m backstroke S4 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 10:01.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Smétanine	France	47.39	Q
2	Arnost Petracek	Czech Republic	50.96	Q
3	Stylianos Tsakonas	Greece	51.04	Q
4	Arkaitz Garcia Tolson	Spain	55.01
5	Joon Seo	Brazil	56.70

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Juan Reyes	Mexico	42.71	Q, WR
2	Zeng Huabin	China	49.44	Q
3	Kestutis Skucas	Lithuania	49.67	Q
4	Jan Povysil	Czech Republic	52.46	Q
5	Nelson Lopes	Portugal	52.74	Q
6	Joe McCarthy	United States	55.70

Final

Competed at 18:36.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Juan Reyes	Mexico	42.77
	David Smétanine	France	48.66
	Zeng Huabin	China	49.02
4	Arnost Petracek	Czech Republic	50.40
5	Kestutis Skucas	Lithuania	50.59
6	Stylianos Tsakonas	Greece	51.15
7	Jan Povysil	Czech Republic	52.79
8	Nelson Lopes	Portugal	53.38

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Backstroke S4". 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.