Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre butterfly S5

Men's 50m Butterfly S5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	10 September
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	35.95
Medalists
Roy Perkins  United States Daniel Dias  Brazil He Junquan  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 50m butterfly S5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 10 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:13.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Daniel Dias	Brazil	38.79	Q
2	Ervin Kovacs	Hungary	39.97	Q
3	Cameron Leslie	New Zealand	43.20	Q
4	Clodoaldo Silva	Brazil	44.75	Q
5	Juan Reyes	Mexico	46.00
6	Ricardo Ten	Spain	46.24

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roy Perkins	United States	37.14	Q, PR
2	He Junquan	China	37.41	Q
3	Voravit Kaewkham	Thailand	42.75	Q
4	Vidal Dominguez	Mexico	45.32	Q
5	Dave Denniston	United States	45.89
6	Somchai Duangkeaw	Thailand	50.43
	Filippo Bonacini	Italy		DQ

Final

Competed at 19:02.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Roy Perkins	United States	35.95	WR
	Daniel Dias	Brazil	36.25
	He Junquan	China	37.07
4	Ervin Kovacs	Hungary	39.33
5	Voravit Kaewkham	Thailand	40.78
6	Cameron Leslie	New Zealand	44.43
7	Vidal Dominguez	Mexico	45.50
8	Clodoaldo Silva	Brazil	45.74

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Butterfly S5". 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.