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

Men's 50 metre freestyle S5 at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates	12 September 2016
Competitors	15 from 13 nations
Medalists
Dias, DanielDaniel Dias   Brazil   Vo, Thanh TungThanh Tung Vo   Vietnam   Perkins, RoyRoy Perkins   United States

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 freestyle S5 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 12 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

11:54 12 September 2016: ^[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Perkins, RoyRoy Perkins	United States	34.22	Q
2	5	Rodriguez, SebastianSebastian Rodriguez	Spain	34.96	Q
3	6	Sciaccaluga, GiovanniGiovanni Sciaccaluga	Italy	36.35	Q
4	3	Silva, ClodoaldoClodoaldo Silva	Brazil	36.67	Q
5	7	Larsen, JonasJonas Larsen	Denmark	37.82
6	2	Siga, JameryJamery Siga	Malaysia	38.79
7	1	Pineda Castro, Edgar HugoEdgar Hugo Pineda Castro	Mexico	39.42

Heat 2

11:57 12 September 2016: ^[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Dias, DanielDaniel Dias	Brazil	33.55	Q
2	5	Vo, Thanh TungThanh Tung Vo	Vietnam	33.87	Q
3	6	He, ShiweiShiwei He	China	35.41	Q
4	3	Mullen, AndrewAndrew Mullen	Great Britain	35.75	Q
5	2	Curin, TheoTheo Curin	France	36.77
6	7	Scully, JamesJames Scully	Ireland	37.38
7	8	Tsapatakis, AntoniosAntonios Tsapatakis	Greece	37.57
8	1	Lopez Diaz, DiegoDiego Lopez Diaz	Mexico	41.22

Final

20:28 12 September 2016: ^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Dias, DanielDaniel Dias	Brazil	32.78
	5	Vo, Thanh TungThanh Tung Vo	Vietnam	33.94
	3	Perkins, RoyRoy Perkins	United States	34.42
4	6	Rodriguez, SebastianSebastian Rodriguez	Spain	34.62
5	7	Mullen, AndrewAndrew Mullen	Great Britain	34.87
6	2	He, ShiweiShiwei He	China	35.60
7	8	Silva, ClodoaldoClodoaldo Silva	Brazil	36.27
8	1	Sciaccaluga, GiovanniGiovanni Sciaccaluga	Italy	36.85

Notes

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