Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S5

Men's 50m Backstroke S5 at the XII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Swimming
Venue	Olympic Aquatic Centre (Athens)
Dates	20 September 2004
Competitors	9 from 8 nations
Winning time	37.53
Medalists
He Junquan   China   Ervin Kovacs   Hungary   Zsolt Vereczkei   Hungary

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyle	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle	S1	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		SB2	SB3
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50 m butterfly				S4	S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150 m medley			SM3	SM4
200 m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50 m (20pts) 4 × 100 m (34pts) 4 × 100 m (49pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50 m (20pts) 4 × 100 m (34pts) 4 × 100 m (49pts)

The Men's 50 metre backstroke S5 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 20 September.^[1] It was won by He Junquan, representing  China.^[2]

1st Round

Heat 1

20 Sept. 2004, morning session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Ervin Kovacs (HUN)	39.74
2	Krzyzstof Sleczka (POL)	43.05
3	Anthony Stephens (GBR)	43.60
4	Zul Amirul Sidi Abdullah (MAS)	44.47

Heat 2

20 Sept. 2004, morning session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	He Junquan (CHN)	36.75	WR
2	Zsolt Vereczkei (HUN)	40.86
3	Pascal Pinard (FRA)	43.13
4	Francisco Avelino (BRA)	43.65
5	Sebastian Facundo Ramirez (ARG)	49.31

Final Round

20 Sept. 2004, evening session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
01 !	He Junquan (CHN)	37.53
02 !	Ervin Kovacs (HUN)	40.14
03 !	Zsolt Vereczkei (HUN)	40.49
4	Pascal Pinard (FRA)	42.67
5	Krzyzstof Sleczka (POL)	42.78
6	Francisco Avelino (BRA)	43.13
7	Anthony Stephens (GBR)	43.45
8	Zul Amirul Sidi Abdullah (MAS)	43.50

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