Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM6

Men's 200 metre individual medley SM6 at the Games of the Olympiad
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	September 7
Competitors	11 from 7 nations
Medalists
Sascha Kindred   Great Britain   Yuanrun Yang   China   Xu Qing   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 200 metre individual medley SM6 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 7, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Two heats were held, with five swimmers in the first heat and six swimmers in the second heat. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final; there, they all competed in a single final heat to earn final placements.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Yuanrun Yang	China	2:73.53	Q
2	5	Matt Whorwood	Great Britain	2:54.00	Q
3	6	Anders Olsson	Sweden	3:03.35	Q
4	3	Thomas Grimm	Germany	3:08.22	Q
5	2	Tadhg Slattery	South Africa	3:12.49

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Sascha Kindred	Great Britain	2:48.35	Q
2	5	Xu Qing	China	2:52.91	Q
3	3	Ce Liu	China	3:02.28	Q
4	6	Swen Michaelis	Germany	3:05.37	Q
5	2	Mateusz Michalski	Poland	3:12.83
6	7	Aung Naing Sit	Myanmar	3:39.32

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Sascha Kindred	Great Britain	2:42.19
	3	Yuanrun Yang	China	2:43.85
	5	Xu Qing	China	2:48.45
4	6	Matt Whorwood	Great Britain	2:55.06
5	2	Ce Liu	China	2:56.94
6	7	Anders Olsson	Sweden	2:57.30
7	8	Grimm Thomas	Germany	3:08.90
	1	Swen Michaelis	Germany		DSQ