Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S13

Men's 100m Backstroke S13 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Winning time	59.85
Medalists
Charalampos Taiganidis   Greece   Oleksii Fedyna   Ukraine   Dmytro Aleksyeyev   Ukraine

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
400m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m breaststroke			SB3
100m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150m medley				SM4
200m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)

The men's 100m backstroke S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:06.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Aleksyeyev, DmytroDmytro Aleksyeyev	Ukraine	1:03.67	Q
2	Bouwer, CharlCharl Bouwer	South Africa	1:03.76	Q
3	Hill, BrianBrian Hill	Canada	1:05.65	Q
4	Gotell, DevinDevin Gotell	Canada	1:07.46	Q
5	Latikka, AnttiAntti Latikka	Finland	1:08.43	Q
6	Stepanek, MartinMartin Stepanek	Czech Republic	1:09.62

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Taiganidis, CharalamposCharalampos Taiganidis	Greece	1:03.02	Q, PR
2	Fedyna, OleksiiOleksii Fedyna	Ukraine	1:05.05	Q
3	Clausner, DanielDaniel Clausner	Germany	1:06.82	Q
4	Mendez, KevinKevin Mendez	Spain	1:11.38
5	Ellis, DaveDave Ellis	Great Britain	1:11.41
	Simon, DanielDaniel Simon	Germany		DNS

Final

Competed at 18:41.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Taiganidis, CharalamposCharalampos Taiganidis	Greece	59.85	WR
	Fedyna, OleksiiOleksii Fedyna	Ukraine	1:02.93
	Aleksyeyev, DmytroDmytro Aleksyeyev	Ukraine	1:03.40
4	Bouwer, CharlCharl Bouwer	South Africa	1:03.86
5	Hill, BrianBrian Hill	Canada	1:05.52
6	Clausner, DanielDaniel Clausner	Germany	1:06.76
7	Latikka, AnttiAntti Latikka	Finland	1:08.07
8	Gotell, DevinDevin Gotell	Canada	1:08.17

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. DNS = Did not start.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Backstroke S13". 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.