Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre butterfly S5

The men's 50m butterfly S5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 10 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 50m Butterfly S5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	10 September
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	35.95
Medalists
Roy Perkins  United States Daniel Dias  Brazil He Junquan  China

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:13.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Daniel Dias	Brazil	38.79	Q
2	Ervin Kovacs	Hungary	39.97	Q
3	Cameron Leslie	New Zealand	43.20	Q
4	Clodoaldo Silva	Brazil	44.75	Q
5	Juan Reyes	Mexico	46.00
6	Ricardo Ten	Spain	46.24

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roy Perkins	United States	37.14	Q, PR
2	He Junquan	China	37.41	Q
3	Voravit Kaewkham	Thailand	42.75	Q
4	Vidal Dominguez	Mexico	45.32	Q
5	Dave Denniston	United States	45.89
6	Somchai Duangkeaw	Thailand	50.43
	Filippo Bonacini	Italy		DQ

Final

Competed at 19:02.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Roy Perkins	United States	35.95	WR
	Daniel Dias	Brazil	36.25
	He Junquan	China	37.07
4	Ervin Kovacs	Hungary	39.33
5	Voravit Kaewkham	Thailand	40.78
6	Cameron Leslie	New Zealand	44.43
7	Vidal Dominguez	Mexico	45.50
8	Clodoaldo Silva	Brazil	45.74

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. DQ = Disqualified.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Butterfly S5". 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.