Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S4

Event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Men's 50m Backstroke S4
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates6 September
Competitors10 from 8 nations
Winning time45.75
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Juan Reyes  Mexico
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aleksei Lyzhikhin  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gustavo Sánchez Martínez  Mexico
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The men's 50m backstroke S4 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 6 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:44.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Arnost Petracek  Czech Republic 45.16 Q, EU
2 3 Gustavo Sánchez Martínez  Mexico 46.48 Q
3 5 Jan Povysil  Czech Republic 47.33 Q
4 6 Ronystony Cordeiro da Silva  Brazil 50.95 Q
5 2 Ahmed Kelly  Australia 57.91

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Aleksei Lyzhikhin  Russia 46.57 Q
2 4 Juan Reyes  Mexico 47.40 Q
3 5 David Smétanine  France 49.33 Q
4 6 Eskender Mustafaiev  Ukraine 51.92 Q
5 2 Kestutis Skucas  Lithuania 52.38

Final

Competed at 18:52.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 Juan Reyes  Mexico 45.75
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Aleksei Lyzhikhin  Russia 46.73
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Gustavo Sánchez Martínez  Mexico 47.17
4 6 Jan Povysil  Czech Republic 48.41
5 4 Arnost Petracek  Czech Republic 49.49
6 7 David Smétanine  France 50.30
7 1 Ronystony Cordeiro da Silva  Brazil 51.75
8 8 Eskender Mustafaiev  Ukraine 52.51

Q = qualified for final. EU = European Record.

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine