Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S8

The men's 50m freestyle S8 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.

Men's 50m Freestyle S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	14 from 8 nations
Winning time	26.45
Medalists
Wang Xiaofu  China Peter Leek  Australia Konstantin Lisenkov  Russia

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:28.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Konstantin Lisenkov	Russia	27.78	Q
2	Ben Austin	Australia	28.09	Q
3	Wei Yanpeng	China	28.55	Q
4	Ferenc Csuri	Hungary	29.13
5	Sam Hynd	Great Britain	29.27
6	Drew Christensen	Canada	29.30
	Konstantinos Fykas	Greece		DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Wang Xiaofu	China	26.83	Q
2	Peter Leek	Australia	27.69	Q
3	Guo Jun	China	27.87	Q
4	Matt Levy	Australia	28.55	Q
5	Nikolai Willig	Germany	29.03	Q
6	Sean Fraser	Great Britain	29.08
7	Mikhail Boyarin	Russia	30.42

Final

Competed at 19:33.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Wang Xiaofu	China	26.45	WR
	Peter Leek	Australia	26.89
	Konstantin Lisenkov	Russia	27.18
4	Guo Jun	China	27.46
5	Ben Austin	Australia	27.82
6	Wei Yanpeng	China	28.03
7	Nikolai Willig	Germany	28.94
8	Matt Levy	Australia	29.68

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Freestyle S8". 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.