Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S3

Men's 50m Backstroke S3 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	11 from 10 nations
Winning time	44.31
Medalists
Du Jianping   China   Min Byeong Eon   South Korea   Dmytro Vynohradets   Ukraine

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 S3 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 09:40.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Du Jianping	China	49.01	Q, WR
2	Li Hanhua	China	55.86	Q
3	Andrade, GeneziGenezi Andrade	Brazil	59.04	Q
4	Demarco, MichaelMichael Demarco	United States	1:03.21	Q
	Eulert, JimmyJimmy Eulert	Peru		DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Min Byeong Eon	South Korea	45.85	Q, WR
2	Vynohradets, DmytroDmytro Vynohradets	Ukraine	52.96	Q
3	Martinez, Miguel AngelMiguel Angel Martinez	Spain	55.90	Q
4	Bakaev, AlbertAlbert Bakaev	Russia	1:00.24	Q
5	Tronco, CristopherCristopher Tronco	Mexico	1:06.04
6	Kostakis, IoannisIoannis Kostakis	Greece	1:08.89

Final

Competed at 17:17.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Du Jianping	China	44.31	WR
	Min Byeong Eon	South Korea	44.80
	Vynohradets, DmytroDmytro Vynohradets	Ukraine	53.37
4	Li Hanhua	China	54.42
5	Martinez, Miguel AngelMiguel Angel Martinez	Spain	56.82
6	Bakaev, AlbertAlbert Bakaev	Russia	58.31
7	Andrade, GeneziGenezi Andrade	Brazil	59.25
8	Demarco, MichaelMichael Demarco	United States	1:03.03

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. DNS = Did not start.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Backstroke S3". 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.