Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM8

Men's 200m Individual Medley SM8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	11 September
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	2:20.92
Medalists
Peter Leek  Australia Wang Jiachao  China Sam Hynd  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 200m individual medley SM8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 11 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:52.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Peter Leek	Australia	2:25.72	Q, PR
2	Wang Jiachao	China	2:32.03	Q
3	Drew Christensen	Canada	2:37.86	Q
4	Matt Levy	Australia	2:39.40	Q
5	Alejandro Sanchez	Spain	2:40.23	Q
6	Nikolai Willig	Germany	2:40.24

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sam Hynd	Great Britain	2:31.96	Q
2	Tian Hengheng	China	2:39.26	Q
3	Mihovil Spanja	Croatia	2:39.55	Q
4	Ferenc Csuri	Hungary	2:40.46
5	Christoph Burkard	Germany	2:43.19
6	Igor Erokhin	Russia	2:50.88
	Wang Xiaofu	China		DQ

Final

Competed at 17:48.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Peter Leek	Australia	2:20.92	WR
	Wang Jiachao	China	2:29.71
	Sam Hynd	Great Britain	2:29.93
4	Alejandro Sanchez	Spain	2:36.66
5	Drew Christensen	Canada	2:36.67
6	Mihovil Spanja	Croatia	2:37.77
7	Matt Levy	Australia	2:38.35
	Tian Hengheng	China		DQ

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 200m Individual Medley SM8". 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.