Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S12

Men's 50m Freestyle S12 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	15 from 9 nations
Winning time	23.43
Medalists
Maksym Veraksa  Ukraine Alexander Nevolin-Svetov  Russia Sergii Klippert  Ukraine

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 freestyle S12 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 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	Sergii Klippert	Ukraine	24.95	Q
2	Omar Font	Spain	25.61	Q
3	Sergei Punko	Belarus	26.17	Q
4	Alexander Pikalov	Russia	26.27	Q
5	Albert Gelis	Spain	26.74
6	Daniel Llambrich	Spain	27.41
7	Jeremy McClure	Australia	27.58

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Maksym Veraksa	Ukraine	24.05	Q
2	Alexander Nevolin-Svetov	Russia	25.23	Q
3	Raman Makarau	Belarus	25.39	Q
4	Tucker Dupree	United States	25.41	Q
5	Sergiy Demchuk	Ukraine	27.31
6	Ziv Better	Israel	27.35
7	Robert Musiorski	Poland	27.41
8	Pedro Gonzalez	Venezuela	27.79

Final

Competed at 17:10.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Maksym Veraksa	Ukraine	23.43	WR
	Alexander Nevolin-Svetov	Russia	24.73
	Sergii Klippert	Ukraine	24.98
4	Raman Makarau	Belarus	25.02
5	Omar Font	Spain	25.26
6	Tucker Dupree	United States	25.31
7	Alexander Pikalov	Russia	25.92
8	Sergei Punko	Belarus	25.97

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Freestyle S12". 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.