Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S8

Men's 100m Freestyle S8 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	6 September
Competitors	16 from 12 nations
Winning time	56.58
Medalists
Wang Yinan   China   Denis Tarasov   Russia   Konstantin Lisenkov   Russia

Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyle		S2		S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle		S2		S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle		S2		S4	S5
				S14
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50 m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13	S14
50 m breaststroke		SB2	SB3
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13	SB14
50 m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150 m medley			SM3	SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The men's 100m freestyle S8 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 6 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 11:03.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Wang Yinan	China	58.97	Q
2	4	Maurice Deelen	Netherlands	59.88	Q
3	3	Sean Fraser	Great Britain	60.78 !1:00.78	Q
4	6	Blake Cochrane	Australia	61.72 !1:01.72	Q
5	2	Charles Rozoy	France	62.59 !1:02.59
6	1	Luis Armando Andrade Guillen	Mexico	64.39 !1:04.39
7	7	Jaime Bailon Galindo	Spain	64.66 !1:04.66
8	8	Caio Oliveira	Brazil	65.86 !1:05.86

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Denis Tarasov	Russia	58.65	Q
2	5	Konstantin Lisenkov	Russia	59.03	Q
3	3	Song Maodang	China	60.34 !1:00.34	Q
4	6	Thomas Young	Great Britain	61.85 !1:01.85	Q
5	7	Zack McAllister	Canada	62.88 !1:02.88	AM
6	1	Niels Korfitz Mortensen	Denmark	64.36 !1:04.36
7	2	Sam Hynd	Great Britain	65.21 !1:05.21
8	8	Evan Ryan Austin	United States	65.58 !1:05.58

Final

Competed at 19:22.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	5	Wang Yinan	China	56.58	WR
02 !	4	Denis Tarasov	Russia	57.52	EU
03 !	3	Konstantin Lisenkov	Russia	58.33
4	6	Maurice Deelen	Netherlands	58.65
5	2	Song Maodang	China	59.86
6	8	Thomas Young	Great Britain	60.53 !1:00.53
7	7	Sean Fraser	Great Britain	60.58 !1:00.58
8	1	Blake Cochrane	Australia	61.07 !1:01.07

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. AM = Americas Record. EU = European Record.

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final