Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM8

Men's 200m Individual Medley SM8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	11 September
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	2:20.92
Medalists
Peter Leek   Australia   Wang Jiachao   China   Sam Hynd   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 SM8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 11 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:52.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Leek, PeterPeter Leek	Australia	2:25.72	Q, PR
2	Wang Jiachao	China	2:32.03	Q
3	Christensen, DrewDrew Christensen	Canada	2:37.86	Q
4	Levy, MattMatt Levy	Australia	2:39.40	Q
5	Sanchez, AlejandroAlejandro Sanchez	Spain	2:40.23	Q
6	Willig, NikolaiNikolai Willig	Germany	2:40.24

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hynd, SamSam Hynd	Great Britain	2:31.96	Q
2	Tian Hengheng	China	2:39.26	Q
3	Spanja, MihovilMihovil Spanja	Croatia	2:39.55	Q
4	Csuri, FerencFerenc Csuri	Hungary	2:40.46
5	Burkard, ChristophChristoph Burkard	Germany	2:43.19
6	Erokhin, IgorIgor Erokhin	Russia	2:50.88
	Wang Xiaofu	China		DQ

Final

Competed at 17:48.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Leek, PeterPeter Leek	Australia	2:20.92	WR
	Wang Jiachao	China	2:29.71
	Hynd, SamSam Hynd	Great Britain	2:29.93
4	Sanchez, AlejandroAlejandro Sanchez	Spain	2:36.66
5	Christensen, DrewDrew Christensen	Canada	2:36.67
6	Spanja, MihovilMihovil Spanja	Croatia	2:37.77
7	Levy, MattMatt Levy	Australia	2:38.35
	Tian Hengheng	China		DQ

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 200m Individual Medley SM8". 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.