Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM5

Men's 200m Individual Medley SM5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	11 September
Competitors	8 from 7 nations
Winning time	2:52.60
Medalists
Daniel Dias   Brazil   He Junquan   China   Pablo Cimadevila   Spain

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
400m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m breaststroke			SB3
100m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150m medley				SM4
200m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)

The men's 200m individual medley SM5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 11 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final (although apparently there were only eight entrants so no-one was eliminated).

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:39.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	He Junquan	China	3:05.15	Q
2	Kovacs, ErvinErvin Kovacs	Hungary	3:14.70	Q
3	Vasconcelos, IvanildoIvanildo Vasconcelos	Brazil	3:42.56	Q
4	Dominguez, VidalVidal Dominguez	Mexico	3:45.96	Q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dias, DanielDaniel Dias	Brazil	2:59.04	Q, PR
2	Cimadevila, PabloPablo Cimadevila	Spain	3:06.41	Q
3	Perkins, RoyRoy Perkins	United States	3:30.69	Q
4	Quassi, ArielAriel Quassi	Argentina	3:47.46	Q

Final

Competed at 17:24.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Dias, DanielDaniel Dias	Brazil	2:52.60	WR
02 !	He Junquan	China	3:00.92
03 !	Cimadevila, PabloPablo Cimadevila	Spain	3:01.58
4	Kovacs, ErvinErvin Kovacs	Hungary	3:12.02
5	Perkins, RoyRoy Perkins	United States	3:23.63
6	Vasconcelos, IvanildoIvanildo Vasconcelos	Brazil	3:30.58
7	Quassi, ArielAriel Quassi	Argentina	3:42.93
8	Dominguez, VidalVidal Dominguez	Mexico	3:50.11

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 200m Individual Medley SM5". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 September 2012. 
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2012.