Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S6

Men's 50 metre freestyle S2
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates4 September
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Medalists
   China
   Cuba
   China
Swimming at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyle S2 S4 S5
S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
100 m freestyle S2 S4 S5
S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
200 m freestyle S2 S4 S5
S14
400 m freestyle S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
50 m backstroke S1 S2 S3 S4 S5
100 m backstroke S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13 S14
50 m breaststroke SB2 SB3
100 m breaststroke   SB4 SB5
SB6 SB7 SB8 SB9  
SB11 SB12 SB13 SB14
50 m butterfly S5
S6 S7
100 m butterfly S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
150 m medley SM3 SM4
200 m medley SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10
SM11 SM12 SM13
Freestyle relays 4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays 4 × 100 m (34pts)

The men's 50 metre freestyle S6 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 4 September at the London Aquatics Centre.

Three heats were held, heat one with five competitors, the rest of the heats with six competitors. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heat

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Sebastian Iwanow  Germany 31.29 Q
2 6 Yuan Tang  China 31.99 Q
3 5 Darragh McDonald  Ireland 33.15 Q
4 3 Anders Olsson  Sweden 33.88
5 2 Reagan Wickens  Australia 37.19

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Lorenzo Perez Escalona  Cuba 29.98 Q, AM
2 5 Matthew Haanappel  Australia 32.58 Q, OC
3 3 Sascha Kindred  Great Britain 33.36
4 2 Iaroslav Semenenko  Ukraine 33.53
5 6 Matthew Whorwood  Great Britain 33.91
6 7 Ju Song Rim  North Korea 47.87

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Xu Qing  China 30.11 Q
2 5 Tao Zheng  China 30.33 Q
3 3 Kyosuke Oyama  Japan 32.04 Q
4 6 Adriano de Lima  Brazil 33.18
5 2 Aaron Rhind  Australia 34.74
6 7 Daniel Londono  Colombia 34.98

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Xu Qing  China 28.57 WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 4 Lorenzo Perez Escalona  Cuba 30.04
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 Tao Zheng  China 30.06
4 6 Sebastian Iwanow  Germany 30.83
5 7 Kyosuke Oyama  Japan 31.94
6 1 Matthew Haanappel  Australia 32.13 OC
7 2 Yuan Tang  China 32.20
8 8 Darragh McDonald  Ireland 33.26
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