Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S2

Men's 50 metre backstroke S2 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	5 September
Competitors	10 from 9 nations
Medalists
Yang Yang  China Aristeidis Makrodimitris  Greece Dmitrii Kokarev  Russia

Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyle		S2		S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle		S2		S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle		S2	S4	S5	S14
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	S14
50 m breaststroke			SB3
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13	SB14
50 m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150 m medley				SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)
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The men's 50 metre backstroke S2 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 5 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Two heats were held, both with five swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats[]

Heat 1[]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Yang Yang	China	1:01.35	Q, WR
2	4	Aristeidis Makrodimitris	Greece	1:07.14	Q
3	3		Israel	1:08.37	Q
4	5	Jacek Czech	Poland	1:09.31	Q
5	6		Greece	1:11.80	Q

Heat 2[]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	James Anderson	Great Britain	1:07.17	Q
2	3		Ukraine	1:07.33	Q
3	4	Dmitrii Kokarev	Russia	1:10.93	Q
4	6	Francesco Bettella	Italy	1:13.76
5	2	Curtis Lovejoy	United States	1:16.06

Final[]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Yang Yang	China	1:00.90	WR
	5	Aristeidis Makrodimitris	Greece	1:04.71
	1	Dmitrii Kokarev	Russia	1:05.70
4	3	James Anderson	Great Britain	1:07.30
5	7	Jacek Czech	Poland	1:07.74
6	2		Israel	1:08.97
7	8		Greece	1:10.73
8	6		Ukraine	1:11.03

References[]

• "Men's 50m Backstroke - S2". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 30 August 2012.