Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre butterfly S5

Men's 50m Butterfly S5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	10 September
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	35.95
Medalists
Roy Perkins   United States   Daniel Dias   Brazil   He Junquan   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 50m butterfly S5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 10 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:13.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dias, DanielDaniel Dias	Brazil	38.79	Q
2	Kovacs, ErvinErvin Kovacs	Hungary	39.97	Q
3	Leslie, CameronCameron Leslie	New Zealand	43.20	Q
4	Silva, ClodoaldoClodoaldo Silva	Brazil	44.75	Q
5	Reyes, JuanJuan Reyes	Mexico	46.00
6	Ten, RicardoRicardo Ten	Spain	46.24

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Perkins, RoyRoy Perkins	United States	37.14	Q, PR
2	He Junquan	China	37.41	Q
3	Kaewkham, VoravitVoravit Kaewkham	Thailand	42.75	Q
4	Dominguez, VidalVidal Dominguez	Mexico	45.32	Q
5	Denniston, DaveDave Denniston	United States	45.89
6	Duangkeaw, SomchaiSomchai Duangkeaw	Thailand	50.43
	Bonacini, FilippoFilippo Bonacini	Italy		DQ

Final

Competed at 19:02.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Perkins, RoyRoy Perkins	United States	35.95	WR
	Dias, DanielDaniel Dias	Brazil	36.25
	He Junquan	China	37.07
4	Kovacs, ErvinErvin Kovacs	Hungary	39.33
5	Kaewkham, VoravitVoravit Kaewkham	Thailand	40.78
6	Leslie, CameronCameron Leslie	New Zealand	44.43
7	Dominguez, VidalVidal Dominguez	Mexico	45.50
8	Silva, ClodoaldoClodoaldo Silva	Brazil	45.74

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Butterfly S5". 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.