Men's 50 metre freestyle S3 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	September 7
Competitors	11 from 10 nations
Medalists
Dmytro Vynohradets  Ukraine Du Jianping  China Byeong-Eon Min  South Korea

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 50 metre freestyle S3 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 7, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Two heats were held, with eleven swimmers in total. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final; there, they all competed in a single final heat to earn final placements.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Du Jianping	China	52.70	Q
2	Dmytro Vynohradets	Ukraine	53.71	Q
3	Miguel Angel Martinez	Spain	57.32	Q
4	Albert Bakaev	Russia	58.64	Q
5	Michael Demarco	United States	1:00.69	Q
6	Loi Si Ao	Macau	1:23.77

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Byeong Eon Min	South Korea	46.91	Q
2	Ioannis Kostakis	Greece	49.87	Q
3	Li Hanhua	China	50.13	Q
4	Cristopher Tronco	Mexico	1:05.00
5	Jimmy Eulert	Peru		DQ

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Dmytro Vynohradets	Ukraine	42.60	WR
	Du Jianping	China	44.19
	Min Byeong-eon	South Korea	45.75
4	Li Hanhua	China	47.15
5	Ioannis Kostakis	Greece	49.84
6	Miguel Angel Martinez	Spain	57.11
7	Michael Demarco	United States	1:01.69
8	Albert Bakaev	Russia	1:03.95

• Heats and Final Results – Men's 50 Meter Freestyle S3