Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S6

Men's 100m Freestyle S6 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	8 September
Competitors	11 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:05.95
Medalists
Anders Olsson   Sweden   Tang Yuan   China   Yang Yuanrun   China

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 S6 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:13.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tang Yuan	China	1:08.84	Q
2	Lima, AdrianoAdriano Lima	Brazil	1:10.90	Q
3	Vidal, DanielDaniel Vidal	Spain	1:11.37	Q
4	Whorwood, MattMatt Whorwood	Great Britain	1:12.51	Q
	Potamitis, AndreasAndreas Potamitis	Cyprus		DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olsson, AndersAnders Olsson	Sweden	1:07.68	Q
2	Yang Yuanrun	China	1:10.13	Q
3	Michaelis, SwenSwen Michaelis	Germany	1:12.14	Q
4	Oyama, KyosukeKyosuke Oyama	Japan	1:12.25	Q
5	Iwanow, SebastianSebastian Iwanow	Germany	1:21.78
6	Helgeland, StianStian Helgeland	Norway	1:15.68

Final

Competed at 17:10.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olsson, AndersAnders Olsson	Sweden	1:05.95	WR
	Tang Yuan	China	1:06.42
	Yang Yuanrun	China	1:08.63
4	Vidal, DanielDaniel Vidal	Spain	1:10.41
5	Lima, AdrianoAdriano Lima	Brazil	1:10.91
6	Whorwood, MattMatt Whorwood	Great Britain	1:11.62
7	Oyama, KyosukeKyosuke Oyama	Japan	1:12.24
8	Michaelis, SwenSwen Michaelis	Germany	1:12.31

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. DQ = Disqualified.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Freestyle S6". 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.