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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle S2

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Men's 200 metre freestyle S2
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
DatesSeptember 7
Competitors9 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dmitrii Kokarev  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jim Anderson  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Georgios Kapellakis  Greece

The men's 200 metre freestyle S2 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 7, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Two heats were held, with four swimmers in the first heat and five in the second heat. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final; there, they all competed in a single final heat to earn final placements.

Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dmitrii Kokarev  Russia 4:50.77 Q
2 5 Georgios Kappellakis  Greece 5:12.99 Q
3 3 Denys Zhumela  Ukraine 5:25.96 Q
4 6 Iyad Shalabai  Israel 5:41.04 Q

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jim Anderson  Great Britain 5:13.60 Q
2 5 Gabriel Feiten  Brazil 5:19.41 Q
3 3 Adriano Pereira (swimmer)  Brazil 5:21.11 Q
4 6 Christian Goldbach  Germany 5:39.65 Q
5 2 Curtis Lovejoy  United States 5:43.52

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dmitrii Kokarev  Russia 4:45.43
2 3 Jim Anderson  Great Britain 5:00.03
3 5 Georgios Kapellakis  Greece 5:05.91
4 7 Denys Zhumela  Ukraine 5:16.30
5 2 Adriano Pereira  Brazil 5:21.35
6 8 Iyad Shalabi  Israel 5:34.37
7 1 Christian Goldbach  Germany 5:37.09
8 6 Gabriel Feiten  Brazil 5:38.42