Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly S8

The men's 100 metre butterfly S8 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 7, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Men's 100 metre butterfly S8
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
DatesSeptember 7
Competitors14 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Peter Leek  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wei Yanpeng  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wang Xiaofu  China

Two heats were held, with seven swimmers in each heat. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final; there, they all competed in a single final heat to earn final placements.

Heats edit

Heat 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Peter Leek   Australia 1:01.01
Q
2 5 Wang Jianchiao   China 1:03.27
Q
3 6 Mikhail Sidnin   Russia 1:08.47
4 3 Konstantin Lisenkov   Russia 1:09.66
5 7 Alejandro Sánchez   Spain 1:10.18
6 1 Rudy Garcia Tolson   United States 1:12.99
7 2 Nikolai Willig   Germany 1:13.39

Heat 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Wei Yanpeng   China 1:01.76
Q
2 4 Wang Xiaofu   China 1:03.25
Q
3 5 Ben Austin   Australia 1:04.83
Q
4 7 Drew Christensen   Canada 1:06.98
Q
5 6 Sean Fraser   Great Britain 1:07.42
Q
6 2 Ferenc Csuri   Hungary 1:07.96
Q
7 1 Evgeny Zimin   Russia 1:13.50

Final edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Peter Leek   Australia 1:00.95
  5 Wei Yanpeng   China 1:01.49
  3 Wang Xiaofu   China 1:01.68
4 6 Wang Jiachao   China 1:03.01
5 2 Ben Austin   Australia 1:03.50
6 7 Drew Christensen   Canada 1:07.74
7 8 Ferenc Csuri   Hungary 1:08.17
8 1 Sean Fraser   Great Britain 1:08.36