Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S3

The men's 50m backstroke S3 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 50m Backstroke S3 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	11 from 10 nations
Winning time	44.31
Medalists
Du Jianping  China Min Byeong Eon  South Korea Dmytro Vynohradets  Ukraine

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:40.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Du Jianping	China	49.01	Q, WR
2	Li Hanhua	China	55.86	Q
3	Genezi Andrade	Brazil	59.04	Q
4	Michael Demarco	United States	1:03.21	Q
	Jimmy Eulert	Peru		DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Min Byeong Eon	South Korea	45.85	Q, WR
2	Dmytro Vynohradets	Ukraine	52.96	Q
3	Miguel Angel Martinez	Spain	55.90	Q
4	Albert Bakaev	Russia	1:00.24	Q
5	Cristopher Tronco	Mexico	1:06.04
6	Ioannis Kostakis	Greece	1:08.89

Final

Competed at 17:17.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Du Jianping	China	44.31	WR
	Min Byeong Eon	South Korea	44.80
	Dmytro Vynohradets	Ukraine	53.37
4	Li Hanhua	China	54.42
5	Miguel Angel Martinez	Spain	56.82
6	Albert Bakaev	Russia	58.31
7	Genezi Andrade	Brazil	59.25
8	Michael Demarco	United States	1:03.03

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. DNS = Did not start.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Backstroke S3". 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.