Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle S5

The men's 200 metre freestyle swimming (S5) event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 29 August 2024, at the La Défense Arena in Paris.

Men's 200 metre freestyle S5 at the XVII Paralympic Games
Venue	La Défense Arena
Date	29 August 2024
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Winning time	2:25.99
Medalists
Francesco Bocciardo  Italy Kirill Pulver  Neutral Paralympic Athletes Oleksandr Komarov  Ukraine
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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Paralympic records were as follows.

World Record	Francesco Bocciardo (ITA)	2:23.65	Dublin, Ireland	13 August 2018
Paralympic Record	Francesco Bocciardo (ITA)	2:26.76	Tokyo, Japan	25 August 2021

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 11:19.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Francesco Bocciardo	Italy	2:33.12	Q
2	1	4	Kirill Pulver	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	2:34.31	Q
3	2	5	Antoni Ponce	Spain	2:36.76	Q
4	1	5	Oleksandr Komarov	Ukraine	2:38.86	Q
5	2	3	Guo Jincheng	China	2:44.72	Q
6	1	3	Wang Lichao	China	2:46.20	Q
7	2	6	Luis Huerta	Spain	2:46.54	Q
8	1	2	Zeyad Kahil	Egypt	2:52.12	Q, AF
9	1	6	Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli	Malaysia	2:52.67
10	2	2	Phuchit Aingchaiyaphum	Thailand	2:56.57
11	1	7	Kevin Moreno	Colombia	2:59.71
12	2	7	Miguel Ángel Rincón	Colombia	3:00.67

Final

The final was held at 20:38.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Francesco Bocciardo	Italy	2:25.99	PR
	5	Kirill Pulver	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	2:27.32
	6	Oleksandr Komarov	Ukraine	2:30.13
4	3	Antoni Ponce	Spain	2:34.25
5	2	Guo Jincheng	China	2:40.74	AS
6	1	Luis Huerta	Spain	2:45.30
7	7	Wang Lichao	China	2:45.66
8	8	Zeyad Kahil	Egypt	2:52.64