Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB3

Men's 50m Breaststroke SB3 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	11 September
Competitors	9 from 7 nations
Winning time	49.06
Medalists
Takayuki Suzuki  Japan Vicente Gil  Spain Miguel Luque  Spain

The men's 50m breaststroke SB3 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 11 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:32.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Miguel Luque	Spain	51.92	Q
2	Filippo Bonacini	Italy	55.75	Q
3	Vasileios Tsagkaris	Greece	56.04	Q
4	Michael Demarco	United States	1:03.26

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Takayuki Suzuki	Japan	48.49	Q, WR
2	Vicente Gil	Spain	49.46	Q
3	Konstantinos Karaouzas	Greece	56.71	Q
4	Jan Povysil	Czech Republic	58.02	Q
5	Moises Batista	Brazil	1:03.24	Q

Final

Competed at 17:19.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Takayuki Suzuki	Japan	49.06
	Vicente Gil	Spain	49.91
	Miguel Luque	Spain	52.83
4	Konstantinos Karaouzas	Greece	54.47
5	Filippo Bonacini	Italy	55.76
6	Vasileios Tsagkaris	Greece	55.91
7	Jan Povysil	Czech Republic	57.27
8	Moises Batista	Brazil	1:01.87

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Breaststroke SB3". 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.