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

Men's 100m Freestyle S13 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	10 September
Competitors	16 from 12 nations
Winning time	53.37
Medalists
Charalampos Taiganidis   Greece   Oleksii Fedyna   Ukraine   Danylo Chufarov   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 freestyle S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 10 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:14.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Fedyna, OleksiiOleksii Fedyna	Ukraine	54.86	Q, PR
2	Farrenberg, CarlosCarlos Farrenberg	Brazil	54.97	Q
3	Bouwer, CharlCharl Bouwer	South Africa	55.14	Q
4	Clausner, DanielDaniel Clausner	Germany	55.32	Q
5	Aleksyeyev, DmytroDmytro Aleksyeyev	Ukraine	55.88
6	Simon, DanielDaniel Simon	Germany	57.98
7	Ellis, DaveDave Ellis	Great Britain	58.72
8	Palantrani, AndreaAndrea Palantrani	Italy	1:00.12

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Taiganidis, CharalamposCharalampos Taiganidis	Greece	54.96	Q
2	Salei, DzmitryDzmitry Salei	Belarus	55.12	Q
3	Chufarov, DanyloDanylo Chufarov	Ukraine	55.14	Q
4	Strokin, AndreyAndrey Strokin	Russia	55.29	Q
5	Doerries, RobertRobert Doerries	Germany	57.19
6	Stepanek, MartinMartin Stepanek	Czech Republic	57.67
7	Sharp, DanielDaniel Sharp	New Zealand	58.85
8	Hill, BrianBrian Hill	Canada	59.80

Final

Competed at 17:11.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Taiganidis, CharalamposCharalampos Taiganidis	Greece	53.37	WR
	Fedyna, OleksiiOleksii Fedyna	Ukraine	54.11
	Chufarov, DanyloDanylo Chufarov	Ukraine	54.26
4	Salei, DzmitryDzmitry Salei	Belarus	54.67
5	Farrenberg, CarlosCarlos Farrenberg	Brazil	54.70
6	Bouwer, CharlCharl Bouwer	South Africa	54.99
7	Strokin, AndreyAndrey Strokin	Russia	55.19
8	Clausner, DanielDaniel Clausner	Germany	55.54

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Freestyle S13". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 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 21 September 2012.