Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S12

The men's 50m freestyle S12 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 50m Freestyle S12 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	15 from 9 nations
Winning time	23.43
Medalists
Maksym Veraksa  Ukraine Alexander Nevolin-Svetov  Russia Sergii Klippert  Ukraine

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:13.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sergii Klippert	Ukraine	24.95	Q
2	Omar Font	Spain	25.61	Q
3	Sergei Punko	Belarus	26.17	Q
4	Alexander Pikalov	Russia	26.27	Q
5	Albert Gelis	Spain	26.74
6	Daniel Llambrich	Spain	27.41
7	Jeremy McClure	Australia	27.58

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Maksym Veraksa	Ukraine	24.05	Q
2	Alexander Nevolin-Svetov	Russia	25.23	Q
3	Raman Makarau	Belarus	25.39	Q
4	Tucker Dupree	United States	25.41	Q
5	Sergiy Demchuk	Ukraine	27.31
6	Ziv Better	Israel	27.35
7	Robert Musiorski	Poland	27.41
8	Pedro Gonzalez	Venezuela	27.79

Final

Competed at 17:10.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Maksym Veraksa	Ukraine	23.43	WR
	Alexander Nevolin-Svetov	Russia	24.73
	Sergii Klippert	Ukraine	24.98
4	Raman Makarau	Belarus	25.02
5	Omar Font	Spain	25.26
6	Tucker Dupree	United States	25.31
7	Alexander Pikalov	Russia	25.92
8	Sergei Punko	Belarus	25.97

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Freestyle S12". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 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 21 September 2012.