Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle S4

Men's 200m Freestyle S4
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates9 September
Competitors10 from 10 nations
Winning time2:55.81
Medalists
   Spain
   France
   Czech Republic
Swimming at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50m freestyle S2 S3 S4 S5
S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
100m freestyle S2 S3 S4 S5
S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
200m freestyle S2 S3 S4 S5
400m freestyle S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
50m backstroke S1 S2 S3 S4 S5
100m backstroke S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
50m breaststroke SB3
100m breaststroke   SB4 SB5
SB6 SB7 SB8 SB9  
SB11 SB12 SB13
50m butterfly S5
S6 S7
100m butterfly S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
150m medley SM4
200m medley SM5
SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10
SM12 SM13
Freestyle relays 4 × 50m (20pts)

4 × 100m (34pts)

Medley relays 4 × 50m (20pts)

4 × 100m (34pts)

The men's 200m freestyle S4 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 9 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Competed from 10:02.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Smetanine DavidDavid Smétanine  France 3:02.09 Q, PR
2 Khmelnitskiy, IvanIvan Khmelnitskiy  Russia 3:16.67 Q
3 Mazzone, LucaLuca Mazzone  Italy 3:36.63 Q
4 Skucas, KestutisKestutis Skucas  Lithuania 3:55.82
5 Seo, JoonJoon Seo  Brazil 3:59.65

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Oribe, RicardoRicardo Oribe  Spain 3:00.45 Q, PR
2 Povysil, JanJan Povysil  Czech Republic 3:04.58 Q
3 Lindhe, ChristofferChristoffer Lindhe  Sweden 3:11.81 Q
4 Reyes, JuanJuan Reyes  Mexico 3:28.73 Q
5 Tsakonas, StylianosStylianos Tsakonas  Greece 3:43.87 Q

Final

Competed at 18:40.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Oribe, RicardoRicardo Oribe  Spain 2:55.81 WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Smetanine DavidDavid Smétanine  France 3:04.47
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Povysil, JanJan Povysil  Czech Republic 3:06.74
4 Lindhe, ChristofferChristoffer Lindhe  Sweden 3:11.84
5 Mazzone, LucaLuca Mazzone  Italy 3:14.81
6 Khmelnitskiy, IvanIvan Khmelnitskiy  Russia 3:15.79
7 Reyes, JuanJuan Reyes  Mexico 3:25.57
8 Tsakonas, StylianosStylianos Tsakonas  Greece 3:40.20

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

References

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