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

Men's 50m Freestyle S4 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning time	37.89
Medalists
David Smétanine  France Richard Oribe  Spain Jan Povysil  Czech Republic

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 S4 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:54.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Richard Oribe	Spain	39.30	Q
2	Luca Mazzone	Italy	42.47	Q
3	Juan Reyes	Mexico	44.02	Q
4	Stylianos Tsakonas	Greece	44.31
5	Arnost Petracek	Czech Republic	46.75
6	Jose Castorena	Mexico	50.79

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Smétanine	France	37.79	Q
2	Jan Povysil	Czech Republic	39.75	Q
3	Joe McCarthy	United States	40.85	Q
4	Christoffer Lindhe	Sweden	43.09	Q
5	Ivan Khmelnitskiy	Russia	44.21	Q
6	Kestutis Skucas	Lithuania	49.56

Final

Competed at 18:17.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	David Smétanine	France	37.89
	Richard Oribe	Spain	38.69
	Jan Povysil	Czech Republic	39.35
4	Luca Mazzone	Italy	39.60
5	Joe McCarthy	United States	39.95
6	Christoffer Lindhe	Sweden	42.75
7	Juan Reyes	Mexico	43.07
8	Ivan Khmelnitskiy	Russia	43.93

Q = qualified for final.

References

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