Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S2

The men's 50 metre backstroke S2 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 5 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Men's 50 metre backstroke S2
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates5 September
Competitors10 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yang Yang  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aristeidis Makrodimitris  Greece
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dmitrii Kokarev  Russia

Two heats were held, both with five swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats edit

Heat 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Yang Yang   China 1:01.35 Q, WR
2 4 Aristeidis Makrodimitris   Greece 1:07.14 Q
3 3 Iad Josef Shalabi   Israel 1:08.37 Q
4 5 Jacek Czech   Poland 1:09.31 Q
5 6 Georgios Kapellakis   Greece 1:11.80 Q

Heat 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 James Anderson   Great Britain 1:07.17 Q
2 3 Ievgen Panibratets   Ukraine 1:07.33 Q
3 4 Dmitrii Kokarev   Russia 1:10.93 Q
4 6 Francesco Bettella   Italy 1:13.76
5 2 Curtis Lovejoy   United States 1:16.06

Final edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Yang Yang   China 1:00.90 WR
  5 Aristeidis Makrodimitris   Greece 1:04.71
  1 Dmitrii Kokarev   Russia 1:05.70
4 3 James Anderson   Great Britain 1:07.30
5 7 Jacek Czech   Poland 1:07.74
6 2 Iad Josef Shalabi   Israel 1:08.97
7 8 Georgios Kapellakis   Greece 1:10.73
8 6 Ievgen Panibratets   Ukraine 1:11.03

References edit

  • "Men's 50m Backstroke - S2". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 30 August 2012.[permanent dead link]