Men's 200m Freestyle S4 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	9 September
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Winning time	2:55.81
Medalists
Richard Oribe  Spain David Smétanine  France Jan Povysil  Czech Republic

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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)
v t e

The men's 200m freestyle S4 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 9 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Competed from 10:02.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Smétanine	France	3:02.09	Q, PR
2	Ivan Khmelnitskiy	Russia	3:16.67	Q
3	Luca Mazzone	Italy	3:36.63	Q
4	Kestutis Skucas	Lithuania	3:55.82
5	Joon Seo	Brazil	3:59.65

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Richard Oribe	Spain	3:00.45	Q, PR
2	Jan Povysil	Czech Republic	3:04.58	Q
3	Christoffer Lindhe	Sweden	3:11.81	Q
4	Juan Reyes	Mexico	3:28.73	Q
5	Stylianos Tsakonas	Greece	3:43.87	Q

Competed at 18:40.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Richard Oribe	Spain	2:55.81	WR
	David Smétanine	France	3:04.47
	Jan Povysil	Czech Republic	3:06.74
4	Christoffer Lindhe	Sweden	3:11.84
5	Luca Mazzone	Italy	3:14.81
6	Ivan Khmelnitskiy	Russia	3:15.79
7	Juan Reyes	Mexico	3:25.57
8	Stylianos Tsakonas	Greece	3:40.20

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

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 200m Freestyle S4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 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 20 September 2012.