Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S4

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Men's 50m Backstroke S4
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates6 September
Competitors10 from 8 nations
Winning time45.75
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Juan Reyes  Mexico
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aleksei Lyzhikhin  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gustavo Sánchez Martínez  Mexico

The men's 50m backstroke S4 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 6 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Competed from 10:44.

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Arnost Petracek  Czech Republic 45.16 Q, EU
2 3 Gustavo Sánchez Martínez  Mexico 46.48 Q
3 5 Jan Povysil  Czech Republic 47.33 Q
4 6 Ronystony Cordeiro da Silva  Brazil 50.95 Q
5 2 Ahmed Kelly  Australia 57.91

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Aleksei Lyzhikhin  Russia 46.57 Q
2 4 Juan Reyes  Mexico 47.40 Q
3 5 David Smétanine  France 49.33 Q
4 6 Eskender Mustafaiev  Ukraine 51.92 Q
5 2 Kestutis Skucas  Lithuania 52.38

Final[edit]

Competed at 18:52.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 Juan Reyes  Mexico 45.75
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Aleksei Lyzhikhin  Russia 46.73
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Gustavo Sánchez Martínez  Mexico 47.17
4 6 Jan Povysil  Czech Republic 48.41
5 4 Arnost Petracek  Czech Republic 49.49
6 7 David Smétanine  France 50.30
7 1 Ronystony Cordeiro da Silva  Brazil 51.75
8 8 Eskender Mustafaiev  Ukraine 52.51

Q = qualified for final. EU = European Record.

References[edit]

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