Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S8

Men's 100m Freestyle S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	8 September
Competitors	16 from 9 nations
Winning time	58.84
Medalists
Wang Xiaofu   China   Konstantin Lisenkov   Russia   Peter Leek   Australia

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 S8 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 10:42.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Austin, BenBen Austin	Australia	59.62	Q, PR
2	Lisenkov, KonstantinKonstantin Lisenkov	Russia	1:00.32	Q
3	Moffatti, RicardoRicardo Moffatti	Australia	1:00.67	Q
4	Hynd, SamSam Hynd	Great Britain	1:01.67	Q
5	Guo Jun	China	1:02.29
6	Burkard, ChristophChristoph Burkard	Germany	1:04.99
7	Christensen, DrewDrew Christensen	Canada	1:06.14
8	Poltavskyi, IevgenIevgen Poltavskyi	Ukraine	1:11.78

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Leek, PeterPeter Leek	Australia	59.00	Q, PR
2	Wang Xiaofu	China	59.68	Q
3	Fykas, KonstantinosKonstantinos Fykas	Greece	1:00.96	Q
4	Tian Hengheng	China	1:02.09	Q
5	Fraser, SeanSean Fraser	Great Britain	1:02.45
6	Csuri, FerencFerenc Csuri	Hungary	1:03.55
7	Willig, NikolaiNikolai Willig	Germany	1:03.69
8	Boyarin, MikhailMikhail Boyarin	Russia	1:05.68

Final

Competed at 19:56.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Wang Xiaofu	China	58.84	PR
	Lisenkov, KonstantinKonstantin Lisenkov	Russia	59.01
	Leek, PeterPeter Leek	Australia	59.14
4	Austin, BenBen Austin	Australia	59.78
5	Moffatti, RicardoRicardo Moffatti	Australia	59.93
6	Hynd, SamSam Hynd	Great Britain	1:01.04
7	Fykas, KonstantinosKonstantinos Fykas	Greece	1:01.40
8	Tian Hengheng	China	1:01.89

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record.