Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S5

Men's 50m Backstroke S5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	8 September
Competitors	14 from 8 nations
Winning time	35.28
Medalists
Daniel Dias  Brazil He Junquan  China Zsolt Vereczkei  Hungary

The men's 50m backstroke S5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:07.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Daniel Dias	Brazil	36.46	Q, WR
2	Zsolt Vereczkei	Hungary	40.50	Q
3	Anthony Stephens	Great Britain	43.24	Q
4	Vicente Javier Torres	Spain	47.49
5	Clodoaldo Silva	Brazil	48.16
6	Roy Perkins	United States	50.77
7	Dave Denniston	United States	53.07

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	He Junquan	China	35.04	Q, WR
2	Ervin Kovacs	Hungary	39.82	Q
3	Zul Amirul Sidi Abdullah	Malaysia	42.74	Q
4	Ricardo Ten	Spain	46.90	Q
5	Francisco Avelino	Brazil	47.29	Q
6	Miguel Luque	Spain	48.21
7	Ariel Quassi	Argentina	49.73

Final

Competed at 18:41.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Daniel Dias	Brazil	35.28
	He Junquan	China	35.43
	Zsolt Vereczkei	Hungary	38.78
4	Ervin Kovacs	Hungary	40.61
5	Zul Amirul Sidi Abdullah	Malaysia	42.94
6	Ricardo Ten	Spain	45.28
7	Francisco Avelino	Brazil	47.28
	Anthony Stephens	Great Britain		DQ

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Backstroke S5". 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.