Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S6

The men's 50 metre freestyle S6 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 4 September at the London Aquatics Centre.

Men's 50 metre freestyle S2
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates4 September
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Medalists
Xu Qing  China
Lorenzo Perez Escalona  Cuba
Tao Zheng  China

Three heats were held, heat one with five competitors, the rest of the heats with six competitors. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heat

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Sebastian Iwanow  Germany 31.29 Q
2 6 Yuan Tang  China 31.99 Q
3 5 Darragh McDonald  Ireland 33.15 Q
4 3 Anders Olsson  Sweden 33.88
5 2 Reagan Wickens  Australia 37.19

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Lorenzo Perez Escalona  Cuba 29.98 Q, AM
2 5 Matthew Haanappel  Australia 32.58 Q, OC
3 3 Sascha Kindred  Great Britain 33.36
4 2 Iaroslav Semenenko  Ukraine 33.53
5 6 Matthew Whorwood  Great Britain 33.91
6 7 Ju Song Rim  North Korea 47.87

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Xu Qing  China 30.11 Q
2 5 Tao Zheng  China 30.33 Q
3 3 Kyosuke Oyama  Japan 32.04 Q
4 6 Adriano de Lima  Brazil 33.18
5 2 Aaron Rhind  Australia 34.74
6 7 Daniel Londono  Colombia 34.98

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
5 Xu Qing  China 28.57 WR
4 Lorenzo Perez Escalona  Cuba 30.04
3 Tao Zheng  China 30.06
4 6 Sebastian Iwanow  Germany 30.83
5 7 Kyosuke Oyama  Japan 31.94
6 1 Matthew Haanappel  Australia 32.13 OC
7 2 Yuan Tang  China 32.20
8 8 Darragh McDonald  Ireland 33.26
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