Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S3

Men's 50m Backstroke S3
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates8 September
Competitors13 from 11 nations
Winning time42.51
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Min Byeong-eon  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dmytro Vynohradets  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Du Jianping  China
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The men's 50m backstroke S3 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

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Heats

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Competed from 11:47.

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Du Jianping  China 51.56 Q
2 3 Andrey Meshcheryakov  Russia 53.90 Q
3 5 Li Hanhua  China 55.72 Q
4 6 Grant Patterson  Australia 58.87
5 7 Michael Demarco  United States 1:01.04
6 2 Cristopher Tronco  Mexico 1:04.32

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Min Byeong-eon  South Korea 45.65 Q
2 5 Dmytro Vynohradets  Ukraine 48.02 Q, EU
3 3 Miguel Angel Martinez Tajuelo  Spain 51.69 Q
4 2 Mikael Fredriksson  Sweden 56.28 Q
5 6 Javier Hernandez Aguiran  Spain 58.29 Q
6 7 Frederic Bussi  France 1:01.31
7 1 Ioannis Kostakis  Greece 1:13.21

Final

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Competed at 20:23.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Min Byeong-eon  South Korea 42.51
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Dmytro Vynohradets  Ukraine 46.26 EU
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Du Jianping  China 46.48
4 6 Miguel Angel Martinez Tajuelo  Spain 51.83
5 7 Li Hanhua  China 52.03
6 1 Mikael Fredriksson  Sweden 55.81
7 2 Andrey Meshcheryakov  Russia 56.11
8 8 Javier Hernandez Aguiran  Spain 56.89

Q = qualified for final. EU = European Record.

References

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Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine