Swimming at the 1996 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle B3

Men's 100m Freestyle B3 at the X Paralympic Games
Competitors	11 from 6 nations
Medalists
Walter Wu  Canada Ebert Kleynhans  South Africa  Russia

The men's 100m freestyle B3 event at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 11 competing athletes. The swimmers with the top 8 times in the pool advanced to the finals. Walter Wu received a gold medal, breaking a Paralympic record. Ebert Kleynhans and came second and third respectively.^[1]

Results[]

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. AM = Americas Record. AF = African Record.

Heats[]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Walter Wu	Canada	58.24	Q, PR
2	6	Ebert Kleynhans	South Africa	1:00.07	Q
3	3		Norway	1:00.13	Q
4	2		Denmark	1:00.25	Q
5	5		Great Britain	1:00.38	Q
6	5		Great Britain	1:00.41	Q
7	7		Russia	1:00.51	Q
8	1	Ivan Nielsen	Denmark	1:01.27	Q
9	1	Dervis Konuralp	Great Britain	1:02.65
10	1		Russia	1:03.59
12	1		Belarus	1:04.38

Finals[]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Walter Wu	Canada	57.63	PR
2	6	Ebert Kleynhans	South Africa	58.77
3	3		Russia	59.27
4	2		Denmark	59.49
5	5		Norway	59.55
6	5		Great Britain	59.77
7	7		Great Britain	1:00.41
8	1	Ivan Nielsen	Denmark	1:01.96

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