Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S8

The Men's 50 metre freestyle S8 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 freestyle S8
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates16 September 2016
Competitors15 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yinan Wang  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bohdan Hrynenko  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Iurii Bozhynskyi  Ukraine

Heats edit

Heat 1 edit

10:04 16 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Bohdan Hrynenko   Ukraine 27.35 Q
2 5 Josef Craig   Great Britain 27.36 Q
3 6 Guanglong Yang   China 27.65 Q
4 3 Blake Cochrane   Australia 28.19
5 2 Gabriel Sousa   Brazil 28.24
6 7 Niels Mortensen   Denmark 28.40
7 1 Andreas Onea   Austria 29.49

Heat 2 edit

10:06 16 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Yinan Wang   China 26.80 Q
2 5 Iurii Bozhynskyi   Ukraine 26.95 Q
3 7 Maodang Song   China 27.29 Q
4 3 Charles Rozoy   France 27.44 Q
5 6 Zack McAllister   Canada 27.90 Q
6 2 Luis Armando Andrade Guillen   Mexico 28.06
7 1 Inigo Llopis Sanz   Spain 28.74
8 8 David Carreira   Portugal 29.32

Final edit

17:57 16 September 2016:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Yinan Wang   China 26.24
  6 Bohdan Hrynenko   Ukraine 26.67
  5 Iurii Bozhynskyi   Ukraine 26.75
4 7 Charles Rozoy   France 27.17
5 3 Maodang Song   China 27.25
6 2 Josef Craig   Great Britain 27.27
7 1 Guanglong Yang   China 27.43
8 8 Zack McAllister   Canada 27.73

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b "Men's 50m Freestyle - S8 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Men's 50m Freestyle - S8 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.