Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S8

Men's 100m Freestyle S8 at the XII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Swimming
Venue	Olympic Aquatic Centre (Athens)
Dates	20 September 2004
Competitors	14 from 10 nations
Winning time	59.83
Medalists
Benoit Austin   Australia   Konstantinos Fykas   Greece   Ricardo Moffatti   Australia

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyle	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50 m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50 m breaststroke		SB2	SB3
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50 m butterfly				S4	S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150 m medley			SM3	SM4
200 m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50 m (20pts) 4 × 100 m (34pts) 4 × 100 m (49pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50 m (20pts) 4 × 100 m (34pts) 4 × 100 m (49pts)

The Men's 100 metre freestyle S8 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 20 September.^[1] It was won by Benoit Austin, representing  Australia.^[2]

1st Round

Qualified for final round

Heat 1

20 Sept. 2004, morning session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Benoit Austin (AUS)	1:01.44	PR
2	Ricardo Moffatti (AUS)	1:03.73
3	Christopher Kueken (GER)	1:05.01
4	Tiaan du Plessis (RSA)	1:05.73
5	Gert-Jan Schep (NED)	1:06.86
6	Giles Long (GBR)	1:07.32
7	Matteo Lenza (ITA)	1:07.82

Heat 2

20 Sept. 2004, morning session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Konstantinos Fykas (GRE)	1:01.74
2	Matt Levy (AUS)	1:05.21
3	Christoph Burkard (GER)	1:05.69
4	Travis Mohr (USA)	1:05.86
5	Juan Francisco Jimenez (ESP)	1:05.97
6	Wang Xiao Fu (CHN)	1:06.00
7	Oliver Nathan (RSA)	1:07.48

Final Round

20 Sept. 2004, evening session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Benoit Austin (AUS)	59.83	WR
	Konstantinos Fykas (GRE)	1:00.37
	Ricardo Moffatti (AUS)	1:03.12
4	Christopher Kueken (GER)	1:03.84
5	Matt Levy (AUS)	1:04.99
6	Christoph Burkard (GER)	1:05.59
7	Travis Mohr (USA)	1:06.09
8	Tiaan du Plessis (RSA)	1:06.11

References

1. "Schedule & Results - Swimming". Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 March 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
2. "Men's 100m Freestyle S8". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 24 October 2012.