Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S2

Men's 50m Backstroke S2 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	9 from 8 nations
Winning time	1:03.17
Medalists
Dmitry Kokarev   Russia   Jim Anderson   Great Britain   Georgios Kapellakis   Greece

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 50m backstroke S2 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:26.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kokarev, DmitryDmitry Kokarev	Russia	1:06.21	Q
2	Feiten, GabrielGabriel Feiten	Brazil	1:12.27	Q
3	Pereira, AdrianoAdriano Pereira	Brazil	1:13.50	Q
4	Lovejoy, CurtisCurtis Lovejoy	United States	1:16.03	Q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anderson, JimJim Anderson	Great Britain	1:05.56	Q
2	Kapellakis, GeorgiosGeorgios Kapellakis	Greece	1:09.58	Q
3	Shalabi, IyadIyad Shalabi	Israel	1:13.28	Q
4	Zhumela, DenysDenys Zhumela	Ukraine	1:14.85	Q
5	Goldbach, ChristianChristian Goldbach	Germany	1:22.63

Final

Competed at 17:06.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kokarev, DmitryDmitry Kokarev	Russia	1:03.17	WR
	Anderson, JimJim Anderson	Great Britain	1:04.33
	Kapellakis, GeorgiosGeorgios Kapellakis	Greece	1:07.31
4	Shalabi, IyadIyad Shalabi	Israel	1:10.88
5	Pereira, AdrianoAdriano Pereira	Brazil	1:13.69
6	Lovejoy, CurtisCurtis Lovejoy	United States	1:14.69
7	Zhumela, DenysDenys Zhumela	Ukraine	1:15.40
8	Feiten, GabrielGabriel Feiten	Brazil	1:15.77

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Backstroke S2". 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.