Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S13

Men's 50m Freestyle S13 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	17 from 13 nations
Winning time	23.75
Medalists
Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece Andrey Strokin  Russia

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 freestyle S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:23.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Andrey Strokin	Russia	24.81	Q
2	Danylo Chufarov	Ukraine	25.34
3	Daniel Simon	Germany	26.07
4	Dave Ellis	Great Britain	26.46
5	Brian Hill	Canada	26.84

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Charalampos Taiganidis	Greece	24.56	Q, PR
2	Carlos Farrenberg	Brazil	25.01	Q
3	Daniel Sharp	New Zealand	25.30	Q
4	Charl Bouwer	South Africa	25.41
5	Robert Doerries	Germany	26.38
6	Michel Tielbeke	Netherlands	26.52

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Oleksii Fedyna	Ukraine	24.72	Q
2	Dmytro Aleksyeyev	Ukraine	25.13	Q
3	Daniel Clausner	Germany	25.22	Q
4	Dzmitry Salei	Belarus	25.23	Q
5	Martin Stepanek	Czech Republic	26.11
6	Andrea Palantrani	Italy	26.71

Final

Competed at 19:35.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Oleksii Fedyna	Ukraine	23.75	WR
	Charalampos Taiganidis	Greece	24.19
	Andrey Strokin	Russia	24.55
4	Carlos Farrenberg	Brazil	24.62
5	Dzmitry Salei	Belarus	24.92
6	Dmytro Aleksyeyev	Ukraine	25.13
7	Daniel Clausner	Germany	25.39
8	Daniel Sharp	New Zealand	25.50

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Freestyle S13". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 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 21 September 2012.