Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB5

Men's 100m Breaststroke SB5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	12 September
Competitors	12 from 11 nations
Winning time	1:34.69
Medalists
Pedro Rangel  Mexico Thomas Grimm  Germany Tadhg Slattery  South Africa

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 breaststroke SB5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 12 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:18.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tadhg Slattery	South Africa	1:37.44	Q
2	Anders Olsson	Sweden	1:43.92	Q
3	Aaron Paulson	United States	1:44.68	Q
4	Efrem Morelli	Italy	1:47.88
5	Taweesook Samuksaneeto	Thailand	1:51.18
6	Win San Aung	Myanmar	1:54.51

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pedro Rangel	Mexico	1:33.95	Q
2	Niels Grunenberg	Germany	1:34.83	Q
3	Thomas Grimm	Germany	1:38.15	Q
4	Lim Woo Geun	South Korea	1:40.51	Q
5	Lioz Amar	Israel	1:42.11	Q
6	Adriano Lima	Brazil	1:47.10

Final

Competed at 18:42.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Pedro Rangel	Mexico	1:34.69
	Thomas Grimm	Germany	1:35.41
	Tadhg Slattery	South Africa	1:36.11
4	Niels Grunenberg	Germany	1:36.68
5	Lim Woo Geun	South Korea	1:38.98
6	Anders Olsson	Sweden	1:40.47
7	Aaron Paulson	United States	1:42.43
8	Lioz Amar	Israel	1:42.50

Q = qualified for final.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Breaststroke SB5". 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.