Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle S5

Men's 200 metre freestyle S5 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	1 September
Competitors	11 from 10 nations
Medalists
Daniel Dias   Brazil   Sebastián Rodríguez   Spain   Roy Perkins   United States

Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyle		S2		S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle		S2		S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle		S2		S4	S5
				S14
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50 m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13	S14
50 m breaststroke		SB2	SB3
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13	SB14
50 m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150 m medley			SM3	SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The men's 200 metre freestyle S5 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 1 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Two heats were held, one with five swimmers and one with six swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Roy Perkins	United States	2:46.94	Q
2	5	Anthony Stephens	Great Britain	2:51.42	Q
3	3	Cameron Leslie	New Zealand	2:56.74	Q
4	6	Matija Grebenic	Croatia	3:06.43	Q
5	2	Jonas Larsen	Denmark	3:15.56

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Daniel Dias	Brazil	2:36.51	Q
2	5	Sebastián Rodríguez	Spain	2:45.96	Q
3	3	James Scully	Ireland	2:57.36	Q
4	6	Clodoaldo Silva	Brazil	2:59.58	Q
5	2	Jamery Siga	Malaysia	3:18.52
6	7	Konstantinos Karaouzas	Greece	3:37.33

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Daniel Dias	Brazil	2:27.83	PR
	5	Sebastián Rodríguez	Spain	2:43.11
	3	Roy Perkins	United States	2:43.14
4	6	Anthony Stephens	Great Britain	2:49.83
5	7	James Scully	Ireland	2:53.03
6	2	Cameron Leslie	New Zealand	2:54.27	OC
7	8	Matija Grebenic	Croatia	3:05.15
	1	Jonas Larsen	Denmark	DNS

References

• "Men's 200m Freestyle - S5". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 17 September 2012.