Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S8

The men's 100m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 100m Freestyle S8
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates8 September
Competitors16 from 9 nations
Winning time58.84
Medalists
Wang Xiaofu  China
Konstantin Lisenkov  Russia
Peter Leek  Australia

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:42.

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Ben Austin Australia59.62Q, PR
2Konstantin Lisenkov Russia1:00.32Q
3Ricardo Moffatti Australia1:00.67Q
4Sam Hynd Great Britain1:01.67Q
5Guo Jun China1:02.29
6Christoph Burkard Germany1:04.99
7Drew Christensen Canada1:06.14
8Ievgen Poltavskyi Ukraine1:11.78

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Peter Leek Australia59.00Q, PR
2Wang Xiaofu China59.68Q
3Konstantinos Fykas Greece1:00.96Q
4Tian Hengheng China1:02.09Q
5Sean Fraser Great Britain1:02.45
6Ferenc Csuri Hungary1:03.55
7Nikolai Willig Germany1:03.69
8Mikhail Boyarin Russia1:05.68

Final

Competed at 19:56.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Wang Xiaofu China58.84PR
Konstantin Lisenkov Russia59.01
Peter Leek Australia59.14
4Ben Austin Australia59.78
5Ricardo Moffatti Australia59.93
6Sam Hynd Great Britain1:01.04
7Konstantinos Fykas Greece1:01.40
8Tian Hengheng China1:01.89

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic record.

References

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