Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S13

Men's 50m Freestyle S13
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates1 September
Competitors14 from 8 nations
Winning time23.99
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Bouwer  South Africa
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ihar Boki  Belarus
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine

The men's 50m freestyle S13 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 1 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 11:30.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dzmitry Salei  Belarus 24.33 Q
5 Tim Antalfy  Australia Q, OC
3 6 Carlos Farrenberg  Brazil 24.71 Q, AM
4 2 Aleksandr Golintovskii  Russia 24.96 Q
5 3 Daniel Sharp  New Zealand 25.16
6 7 Daniel Holt  New Zealand 25.89
7 1 Maksym Zavodnyy  Ukraine 26.35

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Ihar Boki  Belarus 24.26 Q
2 5 Charles Bouwer  South Africa 24.36 Q, AF
3 4 Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine 24.57 Q
4 3 Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece 24.74 Q
5 2 Danylo Chufarov  Ukraine 25.15
6 7 Sean Russo  Australia 25.48
7 1 Stepan Smagin  Russia 25.62

Final

Competed at 19:53.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Charles Bouwer  South Africa 23.99 AF
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Ihar Boki  Belarus 24.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine 24.09
4 3 Tim Antalfy  Australia 24.26 OC
5 5 Dzmitry Salei  Belarus 24.30
6 7 Carlos Farrenberg  Brazil 24.62 AM
7 1 Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece 24.69
8 8 Aleksandr Golintovskii  Russia 24.82

Q = qualified for final. AM = Americas Record. AF = African Record. OC = Oceania Record.

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine