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

Men's 100m Freestyle S8
at the XIV Paralympic Games
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

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	1:00.78	Q
4	6	Blake Cochrane	Australia	1:01.72	Q
5	2	Charles Rozoy	France	1:02.59
6	1	Luis Armando Andrade Guillen	Mexico	1:04.39
7	7	Jaime Bailon Galindo	Spain	1:04.66
8	8	Caio Oliveira	Brazil	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	1:00.34	Q
4	6	Thomas Young	Great Britain	1:01.85	Q
5	7	Zack McAllister	Canada	1:02.88	AM
6	1	Niels Korfitz Mortensen	Denmark	1:04.36
7	2	Sam Hynd	Great Britain	1:05.21
8	8	Evan Ryan Austin	United States	1:05.58

Final

Competed at 19:22.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Wang Yinan	China	56.58	WR
	4	Denis Tarasov	Russia	57.52	EU
	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	1:00.53
7	7	Sean Fraser	Great Britain	1:00.58
8	1	Blake Cochrane	Australia	1:01.07

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

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine