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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S7

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Men's 50m Freestyle S7
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates14 September
Competitors9 from 7 nations
Winning time27.95
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Roberts  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matt Walker  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lantz Lamback  United States

The men's 50m freestyle S7 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

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Heats

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Competed from 10:18.

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Matt Walker  Great Britain 28.75 Q
2 Alex Hadley  Australia 30.76 Q
3 Yuriy Andryushin  Ukraine 31.17 Q
4 Nikolaos Tsotras  Greece 31.41 Q

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David Roberts  Great Britain 28.33 Q, PR
2 Lantz Lamback  United States 29.95 Q
3 Jon Fox  Great Britain 31.17 Q
4 Janos Becsey  Hungary 31.99 Q
5 Dejan Fabcic  Slovenia 33.80

Final

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Competed at 19:07.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Roberts  Great Britain 27.95 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matt Walker  Great Britain 28.60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lantz Lamback  United States 28.81
4 Alex Hadley  Australia 30.75
5 Nikolaos Tsotras  Greece 31.01
6 Yuriy Andryushin  Ukraine 31.12
7 Janos Becsey  Hungary 31.46
8 Jon Fox  Great Britain 31.53

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

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  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Freestyle S7". 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.