The men's 100m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
| Men's 100m Freestyle S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Beijing National Aquatics Center | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 8 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 58.84 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Results
editHeats
editCompeted from 10:42.
Heat 1
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Austin |  Australia |
59.62 | Q, PR |
| 2 | Konstantin Lisenkov |  Russia |
1:00.32 | Q |
| 3 | Ricardo Moffatti | Australia |
1:00.67 | Q |
| 4 | Sam Hynd |  Great Britain |
1:01.67 | Q |
| 5 | Guo Jun |  China |
1:02.29 | |
| 6 | Christoph Burkard |  Germany |
1:04.99 | |
| 7 | Drew Christensen |  Canada |
1:06.14 | |
| 8 | Ievgen Poltavskyi |  Ukraine |
1:11.78 |
Heat 2
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Leek | Australia |
59.00 | Q, PR |
| 2 | Wang Xiaofu | China |
59.68 | Q |
| 3 | Konstantinos Fykas |  Greece |
1:00.96 | Q |
| 4 | Tian Hengheng | China |
1:02.09 | Q |
| 5 | Sean Fraser | Great Britain |
1:02.45 | |
| 6 | Ferenc Csuri |  Hungary |
1:03.55 | |
| 7 | Nikolai Willig | Germany |
1:03.69 | |
| 8 | Mikhail Boyarin | Russia |
1:05.68 |
Final
editCompeted at 19:56.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Wang Xiaofu | China |
58.84 | PR |
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Konstantin Lisenkov | Russia |
59.01 | |
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Peter Leek | Australia |
59.14 | |
| 4 | Ben Austin | Australia |
59.78 | |
| 5 | Ricardo Moffatti | Australia |
59.93 | |
| 6 | Sam Hynd | Great Britain |
1:01.04 | |
| 7 | Konstantinos Fykas | Greece |
1:01.40 | |
| 8 | Tian Hengheng | China |
1:01.89 |
Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic record.
References
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