Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S8
| 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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| Men's events | |||||
| 50 m freestyle | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | |
| S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | |
| S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
| 100 m freestyle | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | |
| S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | |
| S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
| 200 m freestyle | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | |
| 400 m freestyle | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 |
| S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
| 50 m backstroke | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 |
| 100 m backstroke | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 |
| S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
| 50 m breaststroke | SB3 | ||||
| 100 m breaststroke | SB4 | SB5 | |||
| SB6 | SB7 | SB8 | SB9 | ||
| SB11 | SB12 | SB13 | |||
| 50 m butterfly | S5 | ||||
| S6 | S7 | ||||
| 100 m butterfly | S8 | S9 | S10 | ||
| S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
| 150 m medley | SM4 | ||||
| 200 m medley | SM5 | ||||
| SM6 | SM7 | SM8 | SM9 | SM10 | |
| SM12 | SM13 | ||||
| Freestyle relays | 4 × 50 m (20pts) | ||||
| 4 × 100 m (34pts) | |||||
| Medley relays | 4 × 50 m (20pts) | ||||
| 4 × 100 m (34pts) | |||||
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.
Results[]
Heats[]
Competed from 10:42.
Heat 1[]
| 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 |  China |
1:02.29 | ||
| 6 | Christoph Burkard |  Germany |
1:04.99 | |
| 7 |  Canada |
1:06.14 | ||
| 8 | Ievgen Poltavskyi |  Ukraine |
1:11.78 |
Heat 2[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Leek | Australia |
59.00 | Q, PR |
| 2 | Wang Xiaofu | China |
59.68 | Q |
| 3 |  Greece |
1:00.96 | Q | |
| 4 | China |
1:02.09 | Q | |
| 5 | Sean Fraser | Great Britain |
1:02.45 | |
| 6 |  Hungary |
1:03.55 | ||
| 7 | Germany |
1:03.69 | ||
| 8 | Russia |
1:05.68 |
Final[]
Competed 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 | Greece |
1:01.40 | ||
| 8 | China |
1:01.89 |
Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic record.
References[]
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