Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S2

The men's 100m freestyle S2 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 9 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 100m Freestyle S2
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates9 September
Competitors10 from 8 nations
Winning time2:18.04
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dmitry Kokarev  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Georgios Kapellakis  Greece
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jim Anderson  Great Britain

Results edit

Heats edit

Competed from 09:00.

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jim Anderson   Great Britain 2:26.23 Q
2 Denys Zhumela   Ukraine 2:34.40 Q
3 Adriano Pereira   Brazil 2:36.14 Q
4 Christian Goldbach   Germany 2:47.56
5 Christos Tampaxis   Greece 2:53.19

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dmitry Kokarev   Russia 2:19.39 Q
2 Georgios Kapellakis   Greece 2:31.97 Q
3 Curtis Lovejoy   United States 2:35.48 Q
4 Gabriel Feiten   Brazil 2:35.83 Q
5 Iyad Shalabi   Israel 2:38.80 Q

Final edit

Competed at 17:00.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Dmitry Kokarev   Russia 2:18.04
  Georgios Kapellakis   Greece 2:23.63
  Jim Anderson   Great Britain 2:24.32
4 Adriano Pereira   Brazil 2:32.45
5 Gabriel Feiten   Brazil 2:33.72
6 Curtis Lovejoy   United States 2:34.11
7 Denys Zhumela   Ukraine 2:35.90
8 Iyad Shalabi   Israel 2:37.66

Q = qualified for final.

References edit

  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Freestyle S2". 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.