Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S3

The men's 50m backstroke S3 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 50m Backstroke S3 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	8 September 2012
Competitors	13 from 11 nations
Winning time	42.51
Medalists
Min Byeong-eon  South Korea Dmytro Vynohradets  Ukraine Du Jianping  China
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Results

Heats

Competed from 11:47.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Du Jianping	China	51.56	Q
2	3	Andrey Meshcheryakov	Russia	53.90	Q
3	5	Li Hanhua	China	55.72	Q
4	6	Grant Patterson	Australia	58.87
5	7	Michael Demarco	United States	1:01.04
6	2	Cristopher Tronco	Mexico	1:04.32

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Min Byeong-eon	South Korea	45.65	Q
2	5	Dmytro Vynohradets	Ukraine	48.02	Q, EU
3	3	Miguel Angel Martinez Tajuelo	Spain	51.69	Q
4	2	Mikael Fredriksson	Sweden	56.28	Q
5	6	Javier Hernandez Aguiran	Spain	58.29	Q
6	7	Frederic Bussi	France	1:01.31
7	1	Ioannis Kostakis	Greece	1:13.21

Final

Competed at 20:23.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Min Byeong-eon	South Korea	42.51
	5	Dmytro Vynohradets	Ukraine	46.26	EU
	3	Du Jianping	China	46.48
4	6	Miguel Angel Martinez Tajuelo	Spain	51.83
5	7	Li Hanhua	China	52.03
6	1	Mikael Fredriksson	Sweden	55.81
7	2	Andrey Meshcheryakov	Russia	56.11
8	8	Javier Hernandez Aguiran	Spain	56.89

Q = qualified for final. EU = European Record.

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine