Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB2

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Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB2
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates30 August
Competitors13 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jianping Du
 China
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Arnulfo Castorena
 Mexico
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dmytro Vynohradets  Ukraine

The men's 50 metre breaststroke SB2 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 30 August, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Two heats were held, one with six swimmers and one with seven swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4
Arnulfo Castorena
 Mexico 59.01 Q
2 5 Dmytro Vynohradets  Ukraine 59.56 EU Q
3 3
Cristopher Tronco
 Mexico 1:00.12 Q
4 6 Grant Patterson  Australia 1:05.86 Q
5 7
Hanhua Li
 China 1:07.82
6 7 Charkorn Kaewsri  Thailand 1:08.49

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4
Jianping Du
 China 57.83 AS Q
2 6
Andrey Meshcheryakov
 Russia 1:00.11 Q
3 3
Michael Demarco
 United States 1:02.39 Q
4 5 Somchai Doungkaew  Thailand 1:02.72 Q
5 2 Ioannis Kostakis  Greece 1:05.94
6 7 Byeong-Eon Min  South Korea 1:10.22
7 1 Mark Chirino  Venezuela 1:18.66

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Du Jianping  China 57.50 AS
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5
Arnulfo Castorena
 Mexico 58.23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Dmytro Vynohradets  Ukraine 58.51 EU
4 2
Cristopher Tronco
 Mexico 01:01.12
5 7
Michael Demarco
 United States 1:01.50
6 1 Somchai Doungkaew  Thailand 1:01.84
7 6
Andrey Meshcheryakov
 Russia 1:02.31
8 8 Grant Patterson  Australia 1:07.52

References

  • "Men's 50m Breaststroke - SB2". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.