Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM8

Men's 200m Individual Medley SM8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	11 September
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	2:20.92
Medalists
Peter Leek  Australia Wang Jiachao  China Sam Hynd  Great Britain

The men's 200m individual medley SM8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 11 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:52.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Peter Leek	Australia	2:25.72	Q, PR
2	Wang Jiachao	China	2:32.03	Q
3	Drew Christensen	Canada	2:37.86	Q
4	Matt Levy	Australia	2:39.40	Q
5	Alejandro Sanchez	Spain	2:40.23	Q
6	Nikolai Willig	Germany	2:40.24

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sam Hynd	Great Britain	2:31.96	Q
2	Tian Hengheng	China	2:39.26	Q
3	Mihovil Spanja	Croatia	2:39.55	Q
4	Ferenc Csuri	Hungary	2:40.46
5	Christoph Burkard	Germany	2:43.19
6	Igor Erokhin	Russia	2:50.88
	Wang Xiaofu	China		DQ

Final

Competed at 17:48.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Peter Leek	Australia	2:20.92	WR
	Wang Jiachao	China	2:29.71
	Sam Hynd	Great Britain	2:29.93
4	Alejandro Sanchez	Spain	2:36.66
5	Drew Christensen	Canada	2:36.67
6	Mihovil Spanja	Croatia	2:37.77
7	Matt Levy	Australia	2:38.35
	Tian Hengheng	China		DQ

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 200m Individual Medley SM8". 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.