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

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Men's 50 metre freestyle S2
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates7 September
Competitors12 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yang Yang  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dmitrii Kokarev  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aristeidis Makrodimitris  Greece

The men's 50 metre freestyle S2 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 7 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

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

Heats[]

Heat 1[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Aristeidis Makrodimitris  Greece 1:06.69 Q
2 3  Israel 1:07.52 Q
3 5 Jacek Czech  Poland 1:07.56 Q
4 6 Curtis Lovejoy  United States 1:10.44 Q
5 2 Francesco Bettella  Italy 1:13.86
7 Christos Tampaxis  Greece DNS

Heat 2[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Yang Yang  China 1:01.05 Q
2 4 Dmitrii Kokarev  Russia 1:05.61 Q
3 6  Ukraine 1:08.45 Q
4 5 Itzhak Mamistvalov  Israel 1:08.73 Q
5 2  Greece 1:10.48
6 3 James Anderson  Great Britain 1:10.61

Final[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Yang Yang  China 1:01.39
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Dmitrii Kokarev  Russia 1:02.47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Aristeidis Makrodimitris  Greece 1:04.86
4 2 Jacek Czech  Poland 1:06.41
5 6  Israel 1:07.07
6 1 Itzhak Mamistvalov  Israel 1:07.94
7 7  Ukraine 1:08.75
8 8 Curtis Lovejoy  United States 1:13.45

References[]

  • "Men's 50m Freestyle - S2". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
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