Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S13

The men's 100m freestyle S13 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 100m Freestyle S13
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates10 September
Competitors16 from 12 nations
Winning time53.37
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Danylo Chufarov  Ukraine

Results edit

Heats edit

Competed from 09:14.

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Oleksii Fedyna   Ukraine 54.86 Q, PR
2 Carlos Farrenberg   Brazil 54.97 Q
3 Charl Bouwer   South Africa 55.14 Q
4 Daniel Clausner   Germany 55.32 Q
5 Dmytro Aleksyeyev   Ukraine 55.88
6 Daniel Simon   Germany 57.98
7 Dave Ellis   Great Britain 58.72
8 Andrea Palantrani   Italy 1:00.12

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Charalampos Taiganidis   Greece 54.96 Q
2 Dzmitry Salei   Belarus 55.12 Q
3 Danylo Chufarov   Ukraine 55.14 Q
4 Andrey Strokin   Russia 55.29 Q
5 Robert Doerries   Germany 57.19
6 Martin Stepanek   Czech Republic 57.67
7 Daniel Sharp   New Zealand 58.85
8 Brian Hill   Canada 59.80

Final edit

Competed at 17:11.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Charalampos Taiganidis   Greece 53.37 WR
  Oleksii Fedyna   Ukraine 54.11
  Danylo Chufarov   Ukraine 54.26
4 Dzmitry Salei   Belarus 54.67
5 Carlos Farrenberg   Brazil 54.70
6 Charl Bouwer   South Africa 54.99
7 Andrey Strokin   Russia 55.19
8 Daniel Clausner   Germany 55.54

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

References edit

  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Freestyle S13". 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.