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Men's 50m Freestyle S8 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	3 September
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Winning time	25.82
Medalists
Denis Tarasov  Russia Maurice Deelen  Netherlands Wang Yinan  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			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				SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)
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The men's 50m freestyle S8 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 3 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 11:34.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Maurice Deelen	Netherlands	26.48	Q
2	5	Wang Yinan	China	26.74	Q
3	3	Charles Rozoy	France	27.77	Q
4	6	Guo Jun	China	27.86
5	2	Sean Fraser	Great Britain	28.20
6	1	Ferenc Csuri	Hungary	29.06
7	7	Niels Korfitz Mortensen	Denmark	29.24

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Denis Tarasov	Russia	25.92	Q, WR
2	5	Konstantin Lisenkov	Russia	26.92	Q
3	3	Yang Feng	China	27.41	Q
4	6	Blake Cochrane	Australia	27.81	Q
	7	Thomas Young	Great Britain		Q
6	2	Jaime Bailon Galindo	Spain	28.16
7	8	Sharath Gayakwad	India	28.98
8	1	Zack McAllister	Canada	29.29

Final

Competed at 20:00.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Denis Tarasov	Russia	25.82	WR
	5	Maurice Deelen	Netherlands	26.29
	3	Wang Yinan	China	26.31	AS
4	6	Konstantin Lisenkov	Russia	26.78
5	2	Yang Feng	China	27.38
6	1	Blake Cochrane	Australia	27.64
7	8	Thomas Young	Great Britain	27.71
8	7	Charles Rozoy	France	27.80

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

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

• Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics