Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S2

Event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Men's 50 metre freestyle S2
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates7 September
Competitors12 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yang Yang  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dmitrii Kokarev  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aristeidis Makrodimitris  Greece
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The men's 50 metre freestyle S2 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 7 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Two heats were held, both 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 Aristeidis Makrodimitris  Greece 1:06.69 Q
2 3 Iad Josef Shalabi  Israel 1:07.52 Q
3 5 Jacek Czech  Poland 1:07.56 Q
4 6 Curtis Lovejoy  United States 1:10.44 Q
5 2 Francesco Bettella  Italy 1:13.86
7 Christos Tampaxis  Greece DNS

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Yang Yang  China 1:01.05 Q
2 4 Dmitrii Kokarev  Russia 1:05.61 Q
3 6 Ievgen Panibratets  Ukraine 1:08.45 Q
4 5 Itzhak Mamistvalov  Israel 1:08.73 Q
5 2 Georgios Kapellakis  Greece 1:10.48
6 3 James Anderson  Great Britain 1:10.61

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Yang Yang  China 1:01.39
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Dmitrii Kokarev  Russia 1:02.47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Aristeidis Makrodimitris  Greece 1:04.86
4 2 Jacek Czech  Poland 1:06.41
5 6 Iad Josef Shalabi  Israel 1:07.07
6 1 Itzhak Mamistvalov  Israel 1:07.94
7 7 Ievgen Panibratets  Ukraine 1:08.75
8 8 Curtis Lovejoy  United States 1:13.45

References

  • "Men's 50m Freestyle - S2". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.