Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM7

Men's 200m Individual Medley SM7 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	7 September
Competitors	13 from 10 nations
Winning time	2:35.92
Medalists
Rudy Garcia Tolson   United States   Tian Rong   China   Matt Walker   Great Britain

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 200m individual medley SM7 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 7 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:16.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tian Rong	China	2:49.17	Q
2	Gao Nan	China	2:55.12	Q
3	Ma Fei	China	2:55.56	Q
4	Ejima, DaisukeDaisuke Ejima	Japan	2:58.38
5	Soares, GledsonGledson Soares	Brazil	3:08.72
6	Sokolov, KirillKirill Sokolov	Russia	3:13.84

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Garcia Tolson, RudyRudy Garcia Tolson	United States	2:37.80	Q, WR
2	Lambrechts, KevinKevin Lambrechts	Belgium	2:53.93	Q
3	Walker, MattMatt Walker	Great Britain	2:54.30	Q
4	Kimura, JumpeiJumpei Kimura	Japan	2:56.73	Q
5	Becsey, JanosJanos Becsey	Hungary	2:58.31	Q
6	Dohnt, JayJay Dohnt	Australia	3:03.73
7	Fabcic, DejanDejan Fabcic	Slovenia	3:05.24

Final

Competed at 19:10.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Garcia Tolson, RudyRudy Garcia Tolson	United States	2:35.92	WR
	Tian Rong	China	2:46.20
	Walker, MattMatt Walker	Great Britain	2:50.10
4	Gao Nan	China	2:51.52
5	Ma Fei	China	2:53.42
6	Lambrechts, KevinKevin Lambrechts	Belgium	2:54.98
7	Kimura, JumpeiJumpei Kimura	Japan	2:55.03
	Becsey, JanosJanos Becsey	Hungary		DQ

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 200m Individual Medley SM7". 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.