Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S8

Men's 50m Freestyle S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	14 from 8 nations
Winning time	26.45
Medalists
Wang Xiaofu   China   Peter Leek   Australia   Konstantin Lisenkov   Russia

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 freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:28.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lisenkov, KonstantinKonstantin Lisenkov	Russia	27.78	Q
2	Austin, BenBen Austin	Australia	28.09	Q
3	Wei Yanpeng	China	28.55	Q
4	Csuri, FerencFerenc Csuri	Hungary	29.13
5	Hynd, SamSam Hynd	Great Britain	29.27
6	Christensen, DrewDrew Christensen	Canada	29.30
	Fykas, KonstantinosKonstantinos Fykas	Greece		DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Wang Xiaofu	China	26.83	Q
2	Leek, PeterPeter Leek	Australia	27.69	Q
3	Guo Jun	China	27.87	Q
4	Levy, MattMatt Levy	Australia	28.55	Q
5	Willig, NikolaiNikolai Willig	Germany	29.03	Q
6	Fraser, SeanSean Fraser	Great Britain	29.08
7	Boyarin, MikhailMikhail Boyarin	Russia	30.42

Final

Competed at 19:33.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Wang Xiaofu	China	26.45	WR
	Leek, PeterPeter Leek	Australia	26.89
	Lisenkov, KonstantinKonstantin Lisenkov	Russia	27.18
4	Guo Jun	China	27.46
5	Austin, BenBen Austin	Australia	27.82
6	Wei Yanpeng	China	28.03
7	Willig, NikolaiNikolai Willig	Germany	28.94
8	Levy, MattMatt Levy	Australia	29.68

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Freestyle S8". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 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 21 September 2012.