Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S4

The Men's 50 metre backstroke S4 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 16 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 50 metre backstroke S4
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates16 September 2016
Competitors11 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arnost Petracek  Czech Republic
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yuntao Liu  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jesús Hernández Hernández  Mexico

Heats edit

Heat 1 edit

10:16 16 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Juan Reyes   Mexico 45.96 Q
2 3 Jan Povysil   Czech Republic 48.00 Q
3 5 Ronystony Cordeiro   Brazil 49.07 Q
4 6 Efrem Morelli   Italy 49.75 Q
5 2 Somchai Doungkaew   Thailand 55.21

Heat 2 edit

10:19 16 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Arnost Petracek   Czech Republic 43.69 Q
2 6 Yuntao Liu   China 44.42 Q
3 5 Jesús Hernández Hernández   Mexico 44.49 Q
4 3 Gustavo Sanchez Martinez   Mexico 47.95 Q
5 2 Nelson Lopes   Portugal 53.51
6 7 Ahmed Kelly   Australia 59.55

Final edit

18:23 16 September 2016:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Arnost Petracek   Czech Republic 43.12
  5 Yuntao Liu   China 45.01
  3 Jesús Hernández Hernández   Mexico 45.30
4 6 Juan Reyes   Mexico 45.46
5 7 Jan Povysil   Czech Republic 46.21
6 2 Gustavo Sanchez Martinez   Mexico 49.41
7 1 Ronystony Cordeiro   Brazil 50.84
8 8 Efrem Morelli   Italy 52.54

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b "Men's 50m Backstroke - S4 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 7 October 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Men's 50m Backstroke - S4 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.