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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S13

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Men's 100m Backstroke S13
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates14 September
Competitors12 from 9 nations
Winning time59.85
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dmytro Aleksyeyev  Ukraine

The men's 100m backstroke S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

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Heats

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Competed from 10:06.

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dmytro Aleksyeyev  Ukraine 1:03.67 Q
2 Charl Bouwer  South Africa 1:03.76 Q
3 Brian Hill  Canada 1:05.65 Q
4 Devin Gotell  Canada 1:07.46 Q
5 Antti Latikka  Finland 1:08.43 Q
6 Martin Stepanek  Czech Republic 1:09.62

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece 1:03.02 Q, PR
2 Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine 1:05.05 Q
3 Daniel Clausner  Germany 1:06.82 Q
4 Kevin Mendez  Spain 1:11.38
5 Dave Ellis  Great Britain 1:11.41
Daniel Simon  Germany DNS

Final

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Competed at 18:41.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece 59.85 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine 1:02.93
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dmytro Aleksyeyev  Ukraine 1:03.40
4 Charl Bouwer  South Africa 1:03.86
5 Brian Hill  Canada 1:05.52
6 Daniel Clausner  Germany 1:06.76
7 Antti Latikka  Finland 1:08.07
8 Devin Gotell  Canada 1:08.17

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. DNS = Did not start.

References

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  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Backstroke S13". 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.