Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S8

Men's 100m Backstroke S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	10 September
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Winning time	1:06.33
Medalists
Konstantin Lisenkov  Russia Peter Leek  Australia Sean Fraser  Great Britain

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 100m backstroke S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 10 September. There were two heats; the eight swimmers with the fastest times from those two heats advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:40.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Peter Leek	Australia	1:07.54	Q, PR
2	Alexey Fomenkov	Russia	1:13.06	Q
3	Ievgen Poltavskyi	Ukraine	1:13.40	Q
4	Mihovil Spanja	Croatia	1:13.62	Q
5	Drew Christensen	Canada	1:15.78	Q
6	Yann Nouard	France	1:17.14
7	Gledson Soares	Brazil	1:19.13

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Konstantin Lisenkov	Russia	1:06.72	Q, WR
2	Sean Fraser	Great Britain	1:10.77	Q
3	Ricardo Moffatti	Australia	1:13.56	Q
4	Tom Miazga	United States	1:16.01
5	David Malone	Ireland	1:16.80
6	Blake Cochrane	Australia	1:17.72
7	Rudy Garcia Tolson	United States	1:18.02
	Wang Xiaofu	China		DQ

Final

Competed at 18:05.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Konstantin Lisenkov	Russia	1:06.33	WR
	Peter Leek	Australia	1:07.28
	Sean Fraser	Great Britain	1:11.28
4	Alexey Fomenkov	Russia	1:12.33
5	Ricardo Moffatti	Australia	1:12.58
6	Ievgen Poltavskyi	Ukraine	1:13.40
7	Mihovil Spanja	Croatia	1:14.25
8	Drew Christensen	Canada	1:15.49

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Backstroke S8". 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.