Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S3

The men's 100 metre freestyle S3 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 7, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Men's 100 metre freestyle S3
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
DatesSeptember 7
Competitors11 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jianping Du  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dmytro Vynohradets  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Huanhua Li  China

Two heats were held, with five swimmers in the first heat and six swimmers in the second heat. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final; there, they all competed in a single final heat to earn final placements.

Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Ioannis Kostakis   Greece 1:52.89 Q
2 5 Dmytro Vynohradets   Ukraine 1:54.60 Q
3 2 Miguel Angel Martinez   Spain 2:02.20 Q
4 6 Michael Demarco   United States 2:14.97 Q
5 3 Carlo Piccoli   Italy 2:38.72

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Jianping Du   China 1:42.95 Q
2 3 Hanhua Lu   China 1:44.95 Q
3 6 Albert Bakaev   Russia 2:07.34 Q
4 2 Genezi Andrade   Brazil 2:07.59 Q
5 4 Cristopher Tronco Sánchez   Mexico 2:23.03
6 7 Loi Si Aoi   Macau 3:09.89

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Jianping Du   China 1:35.21
  6 Dmytro Vynohradets   Ukraine 1:35.65
  5 Hanhua Li   China 1:44.22
4 3 Ioannis Kostakis   Greece 1:45.72
5 2 Miguel Angel Martinez   Spain 2:02.29
6 1 Genezi Andrade   Brazil 2:06.02
7 8 Michael Demarco   United States 2:07.72
8 7 Albert Bakaev   Russia 2:11.01