Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S12

Men's 50 metre freestyle S12
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates17 September 2016
Competitors19 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maksym Veraksa  Ukraine
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dzmitry Salei  Azerbaijan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Illia Yaremenko  Ukraine
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Swimming at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyleS3S4S5S6S7
S8S9S10S11S12
S13
100 m freestyleS4S5S6S7S8
S9S10S11S13
200 m freestyleS2S3S4S5S14
400 m freestyleS6S7S8S9S10
S11S13
50 m backstrokeS1S2S3S4S5
100 m backstrokeS1S2S6S7S8
S9S10S11S12S13
S14
50 m breaststrokeSB2SB3
100 m breaststrokeSB4SB5SB6SB7SB8
SB9SB11SB12SB13SB14
50 m butterflyS5S6S7
100 m butterflyS8S9S10S11S13
150 m medleySM3SM4
200 m medleySM6SM7SM8SM9SM10
SM11SM13SM14
Freestyle relays4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays4 × 100 m (34pts)

The Men's 50 metre freestyle S12 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 17 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Three heats were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

10:14 17 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dzmitry Salei  Azerbaijan 24.40 Q
2 5 Sergii Klippert  Ukraine 25.02 Q
3 2 Uladzimir Izotau  Belarus 25.69
4 3 Stephen Clegg  Great Britain 25.78
5 6 Daniel Giraldo Correa  Colombia 25.99
6 7 Samuel Ciorap  Romania 26.36

Heat 2

10:17 17 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Illia Yaremenko  Ukraine 24.51 Q
2 4 Tucker Dupree  United States 24.62 Q
3 3 Daniel Simon  Germany 25.23
4 2 Anuar Akhmetov  Kazakhstan 25.89
5 6 Fabrizio Sottile  Italy 25.95
6 7 Diego Fernando Cuesta Martinez  Colombia 26.28

Heat 3

10:19 17 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Maksym Veraksa  Ukraine 23.74 Q
2 5 Raman Salei  Azerbaijan 24.43 Q
3 3 Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece 24.97 Q
4 6 Thomaz Matera  Brazil 25.07 Q
5 2 Dmitriy Horlin  Uzbekistan 25.59
6 7 Dong Ho Han  South Korea 26.10
7 1 Darvin Baez Eliza  Puerto Rico 28.61

Final

18:00 17 September 2016:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Maksym Veraksa  Ukraine 23.67
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Dzmitry Salei  Azerbaijan 24.29
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Illia Yaremenko  Ukraine 24.41
4 3 Raman Salei  Azerbaijan 24.45
5 2 Tucker Dupree  United States 24.49
6 7 Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece 24.99
7 1 Sergii Klippert  Ukraine 25.00
8 8 Thomaz Matera  Brazil 25.12

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Men's 50m Freestyle - S12 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 7 October 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Men's 50m Freestyle - S12 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.