Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S5

The men's 50m freestyle S5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 50m Freestyle S5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning time	33.00
Medalists
Dmytro Kryzhanovskyy  Ukraine Daniel Dias  Brazil Sebastián Rodríguez  Spain

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:59.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dmytro Kryzhanovskyy	Ukraine	33.85	Q
2	Roy Perkins	United States	34.67	Q
3	Clodoaldo Silva	Brazil	34.86	Q
4	Jordi Gordillo	Spain	36.70	Q
5	Cameron Leslie	New Zealand	38.67
6	Farhod Sayidov	Uzbekistan	1:07.53

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	He Junquan	China	34.89	Q
2	Daniel Dias	Brazil	34.95	Q
3	Sebastián Rodríguez	Spain	35.46	Q
4	Anthony Stephens	Great Britain	35.82	Q
5	Takayuki Suzuki	Japan	39.35
6	Zsolt Vereczkei	Hungary	40.82

Final

Competed at 18:43.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Dmytro Kryzhanovskyy	Ukraine	33.00
	Daniel Dias	Brazil	33.56
	Sebastián Rodríguez	Spain	33.78
4	Roy Perkins	United States	34.61
5	He Junquan	China	34.65
6	Anthony Stephens	Great Britain	34.97
7	Clodoaldo Silva	Brazil	35.22
8	Jordi Gordillo	Spain	36.88

Q = qualified for final.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Freestyle S5". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2012.