Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S13

Men's 50m Freestyle S13 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	17 from 13 nations
Winning time	23.75
Medalists
Oleksii Fedyna   Ukraine   Charalampos Taiganidis   Greece   Andrey Strokin   Russia

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 50m freestyle S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:23.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Strokin, AndreyAndrey Strokin	Russia	24.81	Q
2	Chufarov, DanyloDanylo Chufarov	Ukraine	25.34
3	Simon, DanielDaniel Simon	Germany	26.07
4	Ellis, DaveDave Ellis	Great Britain	26.46
5	Hill, BrianBrian Hill	Canada	26.84

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Taiganidis, CharalamposCharalampos Taiganidis	Greece	24.56	Q, PR
2	Farrenberg, CarlosCarlos Farrenberg	Brazil	25.01	Q
3	Sharp, DanielDaniel Sharp	New Zealand	25.30	Q
4	Bouwer, CharlCharl Bouwer	South Africa	25.41
5	Doerries, RobertRobert Doerries	Germany	26.38
6	Tielbeke, MichelMichel Tielbeke	Netherlands	26.52

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Fedyna, OleksiiOleksii Fedyna	Ukraine	24.72	Q
2	Aleksyeyev, DmytroDmytro Aleksyeyev	Ukraine	25.13	Q
3	Clausner, DanielDaniel Clausner	Germany	25.22	Q
4	Salei, DzmitryDzmitry Salei	Belarus	25.23	Q
5	Stepanek, MartinMartin Stepanek	Czech Republic	26.11
6	Palantrani, AndreaAndrea Palantrani	Italy	26.71

Final

Competed at 19:35.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Fedyna, OleksiiOleksii Fedyna	Ukraine	23.75	WR
02 !	Taiganidis, CharalamposCharalampos Taiganidis	Greece	24.19
03 !	Strokin, AndreyAndrey Strokin	Russia	24.55
4	Farrenberg, CarlosCarlos Farrenberg	Brazil	24.62
5	Salei, DzmitryDzmitry Salei	Belarus	24.92
6	Aleksyeyev, DmytroDmytro Aleksyeyev	Ukraine	25.13
7	Clausner, DanielDaniel Clausner	Germany	25.39
8	Sharp, DanielDaniel Sharp	New Zealand	25.50

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m 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.