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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S9

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Men's 100m Freestyle S9
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates8 September
Competitors20 from 11 nations
Winning time55.30
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthew Cowdrey  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guo Zhi  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tamás Sors  Hungary

The men's 100m freestyle S9 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

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Heats

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Competed from 10:58.

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tamás Sors  Hungary 57.59 Q, PR
2 Xiong Xiaoming  China 58.94
3 Jose Antonio Mari  Spain 59.07
4 Simon Miller  Great Britain 59.08
5 Michael Prout  United States 59.18
6 Taras Yastremskyy  Ukraine 59.37

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Guo Zhi  China 56.24 Q, PR
2 Takuro Yamada  Japan 57.82 Q
3 Sami El Gueddari  France 58.72 Q
4 Jesus Collado  Spain 58.82
5 Sam Bramham  Australia 58.97
6 Wang Renjie  China 59.00
7 Andriy Sirovatchenko  Ukraine 1:00.18

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Matthew Cowdrey  Australia 56.53 Q
2 Andriy Kalyna  Ukraine 57.35 Q
3 David Grachat  Portugal 57.93 Q
4 Cody Bureau  United States 58.29 Q
5 Mark Barr  United States 59.56
6 Stephen Osborne  Australia 59.70
7 Christian Thomsen  Denmark 59.99

Final

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Competed at 20:22.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthew Cowdrey  Australia 55.30 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guo Zhi  China 56.13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tamás Sors  Hungary 56.80
4 Andriy Kalyna  Ukraine 57.12
5 Takuro Yamada  Japan 57.29
6 David Grachat  Portugal 57.55
7 Cody Bureau  United States 58.14
8 Sami El Gueddari  France 58.68

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

References

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  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Freestyle S9". 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.