Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S13

Men's 100m Backstroke S13 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Winning time	59.85
Medalists
Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine Dmytro Aleksyeyev  Ukraine

The men's 100m backstroke S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:06.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dmytro Aleksyeyev	Ukraine	1:03.67	Q
2	Charl Bouwer	South Africa	1:03.76	Q
3	Brian Hill	Canada	1:05.65	Q
4	Devin Gotell	Canada	1:07.46	Q
5	Antti Latikka	Finland	1:08.43	Q
6	Martin Stepanek	Czech Republic	1:09.62

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Charalampos Taiganidis	Greece	1:03.02	Q, PR
2	Oleksii Fedyna	Ukraine	1:05.05	Q
3	Daniel Clausner	Germany	1:06.82	Q
4	Kevin Mendez	Spain	1:11.38
5	Dave Ellis	Great Britain	1:11.41
	Daniel Simon	Germany		DNS

Final

Competed at 18:41.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Charalampos Taiganidis	Greece	59.85	WR
	Oleksii Fedyna	Ukraine	1:02.93
	Dmytro Aleksyeyev	Ukraine	1:03.40
4	Charl Bouwer	South Africa	1:03.86
5	Brian Hill	Canada	1:05.52
6	Daniel Clausner	Germany	1:06.76
7	Antti Latikka	Finland	1:08.07
8	Devin Gotell	Canada	1:08.17

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. DNS = Did not start.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Backstroke S13". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 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 20 September 2012.