Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S12

Men's 100m Backstroke S12 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	13 September
Competitors	9 from 8 nations
Winning time	59.37
Medalists
Alexander Nevolin-Svetov   Russia   Sergii Klippert   Ukraine   Maksym Veraksa   Ukraine

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
400m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m breaststroke			SB3
100m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150m medley				SM4
200m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)

The men's 100m backstroke S12 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 13 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:08.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Makarau, RamanRaman Makarau	Belarus	63.75 !1:03.75	Q
2	Veraksa, MaksymMaksym Veraksa	Ukraine	64.19 !1:04.19	Q
3	Gelis, AlbertAlbert Gelis	Spain	65.03 !1:05.03	Q
4	Serpico, AlessandroAlessandro Serpico	Italy	68.91 !1:08.91

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nevolin-Svetov, AlexanderAlexander Nevolin-Svetov	Russia	60.78 !1:00.78	Q, WR
2	Klippert, SergiiSergii Klippert	Ukraine	62.24 !1:02.24	Q
3	Dupree, TuckerTucker Dupree	United States	64.14 !1:04.14	Q
4	McClure, JeremyJeremy McClure	Australia	65.95 !1:05.95	Q
5	Gonzalez, IgnacioIgnacio Gonzalez	Argentina	66.80 !1:06.80	Q

Final

Competed at 17:06.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Nevolin-Svetov, AlexanderAlexander Nevolin-Svetov	Russia	59.37	WR
02 !	Klippert, SergiiSergii Klippert	Ukraine	60.31 !1:00.31
03 !	Veraksa, MaksymMaksym Veraksa	Ukraine	62.08 !1:02.08
4	Makarau, RamanRaman Makarau	Belarus	62.83 !1:02.83
5	Dupree, TuckerTucker Dupree	United States	64.08 !1:04.08
6	Gonzalez, IgnacioIgnacio Gonzalez	Argentina	66.02 !1:06.02
7	McClure, JeremyJeremy McClure	Australia	66.32 !1:06.32
8	Gelis, AlbertAlbert Gelis	Spain	66.66 !1:06.66

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Backstroke S12". 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.