Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S4

Men's 50m Backstroke S4 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	6 September
Competitors	10 from 8 nations
Winning time	45.75
Medalists
Juan Reyes  Mexico Aleksei Lyzhikhin  Russia Gustavo Sánchez Martínez  Mexico

The men's 50m backstroke S4 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 10:44.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Arnost Petracek	Czech Republic	45.16	Q, EU
2	3	Gustavo Sánchez Martínez	Mexico	46.48	Q
3	5	Jan Povysil	Czech Republic	47.33	Q
4	6	Ronystony Cordeiro da Silva	Brazil	50.95	Q
5	2	Ahmed Kelly	Australia	57.91

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Aleksei Lyzhikhin	Russia	46.57	Q
2	4	Juan Reyes	Mexico	47.40	Q
3	5	David Smétanine	France	49.33	Q
4	6	Eskender Mustafaiev	Ukraine	51.92	Q
5	2	Kestutis Skucas	Lithuania	52.38

Final

Competed at 18:52.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Juan Reyes	Mexico	45.75
	3	Aleksei Lyzhikhin	Russia	46.73
	5	Gustavo Sánchez Martínez	Mexico	47.17
4	6	Jan Povysil	Czech Republic	48.41
5	4	Arnost Petracek	Czech Republic	49.49
6	7	David Smétanine	France	50.30
7	1	Ronystony Cordeiro da Silva	Brazil	51.75
8	8	Eskender Mustafaiev	Ukraine	52.51

Q = qualified for final. 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