Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S11

Men's 50m Freestyle S11 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	17 from 10 nations
Winning time	25.82
Medalists
Enhamed Enhamed   Spain   Junichi Kawai   Japan   Alexander Chekurov   Russia

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
400m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m breaststroke			SB3
100m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150m medley				SM4
200m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)

The men's 50m freestyle S11 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:00.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chekurov, AlexanderAlexander Chekurov	Russia	27.51	Q
2	Polkowski, GrzegorzGrzegorz Polkowski	Poland	28.18	Q
3	Kimura, KeiichiKeiichi Kimura	Japan	28.35
4	Tychkov, KonstantinKonstantin Tychkov	Russia	28.47
5	Cohen, IzharIzhar Cohen	Israel	28.66

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Enhamed, EnhamedEnhamed Enhamed	Spain	26.34	Q
2	Kawai, JunichiJunichi Kawai	Japan	27.43	Q
3	Mashchenko, OleksandrOleksandr Mashchenko	Ukraine	28.20	Q
4	Pietrasik, DamianDamian Pietrasik	Poland	28.56
5	Cruz, EduardoEduardo Cruz	Spain	29.34
6	Muravyev, PavelPavel Muravyev	Kazakhstan	31.59

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yang Bozun	China	27.10	Q
2	Tildesley, DonovanDonovan Tildesley	Canada	28.13	Q
3	Smyrnov, ViktorViktor Smyrnov	Ukraine	28.13	Q
4	Scholz, PhilipPhilip Scholz	United States	29.23
5	Ryszka, MarcinMarcin Ryszka	Poland	29.38
6	Nurmukhametov, RustamRustam Nurmukhametov	Russia	29.44

Final

Competed at 17:00.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Enhamed, EnhamedEnhamed Enhamed	Spain	25.82	WR
02 !	Kawai, JunichiJunichi Kawai	Japan	27.16
03 !	Chekurov, AlexanderAlexander Chekurov	Russia	27.26
4	Yang Bozun	China	27.30
5	Smyrnov, ViktorViktor Smyrnov	Ukraine	27.74
6	Polkowski, GrzegorzGrzegorz Polkowski	Poland	27.83
7	Tildesley, DonovanDonovan Tildesley	Canada	28.08
8	Mashchenko, OleksandrOleksandr Mashchenko	Ukraine	28.44

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Freestyle S11". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 September 2012. 
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2012.