Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S13

Men's 100m Freestyle S13
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates10 September
Competitors16 from 12 nations
Winning time53.37
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Danylo Chufarov  Ukraine

The men's 100m freestyle S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 10 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:14.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine 54.86 Q, PR
2 Carlos Farrenberg  Brazil 54.97 Q
3 Charl Bouwer  South Africa 55.14 Q
4 Daniel Clausner  Germany 55.32 Q
5 Dmytro Aleksyeyev  Ukraine 55.88
6 Daniel Simon  Germany 57.98
7 Dave Ellis  Great Britain 58.72
8 Andrea Palantrani  Italy 1:00.12

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece 54.96 Q
2 Dzmitry Salei  Belarus 55.12 Q
3 Danylo Chufarov  Ukraine 55.14 Q
4 Andrey Strokin  Russia 55.29 Q
5 Robert Doerries  Germany 57.19
6 Martin Stepanek  Czech Republic 57.67
7 Daniel Sharp  New Zealand 58.85
8 Brian Hill  Canada 59.80

Final

Competed at 17:11.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece 53.37 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine 54.11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Danylo Chufarov  Ukraine 54.26
4 Dzmitry Salei  Belarus 54.67
5 Carlos Farrenberg  Brazil 54.70
6 Charl Bouwer  South Africa 54.99
7 Andrey Strokin  Russia 55.19
8 Daniel Clausner  Germany 55.54

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Freestyle S13". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  • "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2012.