Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S5

The men's 50 metre backstroke S5 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 6 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Men's 50 metre backstroke S5
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates6 September
Competitors18 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Dias  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s) He Junquan  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zsolt Vereczkei  Hungary

Three heats were held, each with six swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats edit

Heat 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Zsolt Vereczkei   Hungary 38.86 Q
2 2 Jonas Larsen   Denmark 42.56 Q
3 5 Anthony Stephens   Great Britain 43.60
4 3 Francisco Avelino   Brazil 44.89
5 6 Roy Perkins   United States 47.37
6 7 Matija Grebenic   Croatia 49.36

Heat 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 He Junquan   China 37.02 Q
2 2 Vo Thanh Tung   Vietnam 42.26 Q
3 5 Zul Amirul Sidi Bin Abdullah   Malaysia 43.00 Q
4 6 Ricardo Ten   Spain 43.07
5 3 James Scully   Ireland 45.27
6 7 Miguel Luque   Spain 49.36

Heat 3 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Daniel Dias   Brazil 36.29 Q
2 5 Andrew Mullen   Great Britain 39.69 Q
3 3 Cameron Leslie   New Zealand 42.88 Q, OC
4 6 Beytullah Eroglu   Turkey 43.11
5 7 Ariel Quassi   Argentina 49.45
2 Jamery Siga   Malaysia DSQ

Final edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Daniel Dias   Brazil 34.99 WR
  5 He Junquan   China 36.41
  3 Zsolt Vereczkei   Hungary 38.92
4 6 Andrew Mullen   Great Britain 39.54
5 1 Cameron Leslie   New Zealand 42.40 OC
6 2 Vo Thanh Tung   Vietnam 42.59
7 7 Jonas Larsen   Denmark 42.93
8 8 Zul Amirul Sidi Bin Abdullah   Malaysia 43.21

References edit

  • "Men's 50m Backstroke - S5". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.