Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S6

Men's 100m Freestyle S6 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	8 September
Competitors	11 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:05.95
Medalists
Anders Olsson  Sweden Tang Yuan  China Yang Yuanrun  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 100m freestyle S6 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 09:13.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tang Yuan	China	1:08.84	Q
2	Adriano Lima	Brazil	1:10.90	Q
3	Daniel Vidal	Spain	1:11.37	Q
4	Matt Whorwood	Great Britain	1:12.51	Q
	Andreas Potamitis	Cyprus		DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anders Olsson	Sweden	1:07.68	Q
2	Yang Yuanrun	China	1:10.13	Q
3	Swen Michaelis	Germany	1:12.14	Q
4	Kyosuke Oyama	Japan	1:12.25	Q
5	Sebastian Iwanow	Germany	1:21.78
6	Stian Helgeland	Norway	1:15.68

Final

Competed at 17:10.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Anders Olsson	Sweden	1:05.95	WR
	Tang Yuan	China	1:06.42
	Yang Yuanrun	China	1:08.63
4	Daniel Vidal	Spain	1:10.41
5	Adriano Lima	Brazil	1:10.91
6	Matt Whorwood	Great Britain	1:11.62
7	Kyosuke Oyama	Japan	1:12.24
8	Swen Michaelis	Germany	1:12.31

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Freestyle S6". 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.