Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle S4

Men's 200m Freestyle S4 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	9 September
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Winning time	2:55.81
Medalists
Richard Oribe  Spain David Smétanine  France Jan Povysil  Czech Republic

The men's 200m freestyle S4 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 9 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:02.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Smétanine	France	3:02.09	Q, PR
2	Ivan Khmelnitskiy	Russia	3:16.67	Q
3	Luca Mazzone	Italy	3:36.63	Q
4	Kestutis Skucas	Lithuania	3:55.82
5	Joon Seo	Brazil	3:59.65

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Richard Oribe	Spain	3:00.45	Q, PR
2	Jan Povysil	Czech Republic	3:04.58	Q
3	Christoffer Lindhe	Sweden	3:11.81	Q
4	Juan Reyes	Mexico	3:28.73	Q
5	Stylianos Tsakonas	Greece	3:43.87	Q

Final

Competed at 18:40.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Richard Oribe	Spain	2:55.81	WR
	David Smétanine	France	3:04.47
	Jan Povysil	Czech Republic	3:06.74
4	Christoffer Lindhe	Sweden	3:11.84
5	Luca Mazzone	Italy	3:14.81
6	Ivan Khmelnitskiy	Russia	3:15.79
7	Juan Reyes	Mexico	3:25.57
8	Stylianos Tsakonas	Greece	3:40.20

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 200m Freestyle S4". 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.