Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S2

Men's 50 metre backstroke S2
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates5 September
Competitors10 from 9 nations
Medalists
   China
   Greece
   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 50 metre backstroke S2 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 5 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Two heats were held, both with five swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Yang Yang  China 1:01.35 Q, WR
2 4 Aristeidis Makrodimitris  Greece 1:07.14 Q
3 3 Iad Josef Shalabi  Israel 1:08.37 Q
4 5 Jacek Czech  Poland 1:09.31 Q
5 6 Georgios Kapellakis  Greece 1:11.80 Q

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 James Anderson  Great Britain 1:07.17 Q
2 3 Ievgen Panibratets  Ukraine 1:07.33 Q
3 4 Dmitrii Kokarev  Russia 1:10.93 Q
4 6 Francesco Bettella  Italy 1:13.76
5 2 Curtis Lovejoy  United States 1:16.06

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 Yang Yang  China 1:00.90 WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 5 Aristeidis Makrodimitris  Greece 1:04.71
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 1 Dmitrii Kokarev  Russia 1:05.70
4 3 James Anderson  Great Britain 1:07.30
5 7 Jacek Czech  Poland 1:07.74
6 2 Iad Josef Shalabi  Israel 1:08.97
7 8 Georgios Kapellakis  Greece 1:10.73
8 6 Ievgen Panibratets  Ukraine 1:11.03

References

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