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

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.

Men's 50m Backstroke S4 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	6 September
Competitors	10 from 8 nations
Winning time	45.75
Medalists
Juan Reyes  Mexico Aleksei Lyzhikhin  Russia Gustavo Sánchez Martínez  Mexico

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
	2	Juan Reyes	Mexico	45.75
	3	Aleksei Lyzhikhin	Russia	46.73
	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