Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S5

Men's 50 metre backstroke S5 at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates	16 September 2016
Competitors	10 from 9 nations
Medalists
Dias, DanielDaniel Dias   Brazil   Mullen, AndrewAndrew Mullen   Great Britain   Vereczkei, ZsoltZsolt Vereczkei   Hungary

Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyle	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7
	S8	S9	S10	S11	S12
	S13
100 m freestyle	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8
	S9	S10	S11	S13
200 m freestyle	S2	S3	S4	S5	S14
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S13
50 m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100 m backstroke	S1	S2	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	S13
150 m medley	SM3	SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM13	SM14
Freestyle relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The Men's 50 metre backstroke S5 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 16 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

11:16 16 September 2016: ^[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Mullen, AndrewAndrew Mullen	Great Britain	37.77	Q
2	5	Eroglu, BeytullahBeytullah Eroglu	Turkey	40.57	Q
3	6	Leslie, CameronCameron Leslie	New Zealand	41.30	Q
4	3	Larsen, JonasJonas Larsen	Denmark	44.18
5	2	Nguyen, Thanh TrungThanh Trung Nguyen	Vietnam	45.91

Heat 2

11:20 16 September 2016: ^[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Dias, DanielDaniel Dias	Brazil	36.46	Q
2	5	Vo, Thanh TungThanh Tung Vo	Vietnam	39.62	Q
3	3	Vereczkei, ZsoltZsolt Vereczkei	Hungary	40.23	Q
4	6	Lopez Diaz, DiegoDiego Lopez Diaz	Mexico	40.73	Q
5	2	Massussi, AndreaAndrea Massussi	Italy	43.82	Q

Final

19:51 16 September 2016: ^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Dias, DanielDaniel Dias	Brazil	35.40
	5	Mullen, AndrewAndrew Mullen	Great Britain	37.94
	6	Vereczkei, ZsoltZsolt Vereczkei	Hungary	38.92
4	3	Vo, Thanh TungThanh Tung Vo	Vietnam	40.13
5	7	Lopez Diaz, DiegoDiego Lopez Diaz	Mexico	40.26
6	2	Eroglu, BeytullahBeytullah Eroglu	Turkey	41.31
7	8	Massussi, AndreaAndrea Massussi	Italy	42.22
8	1	Leslie, CameronCameron Leslie	New Zealand	42.26

Notes

1. "Men's 50m Backstroke - S5 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
2. "Men's 50m Backstroke - S5 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 7 October 2016.