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

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	Ervin Kovacs	Hungary	3:14.70	Q
3	Ivanildo Vasconcelos	Brazil	3:42.56	Q
4	Vidal Dominguez	Mexico	3:45.96	Q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Daniel Dias	Brazil	2:59.04	Q, PR
2	Pablo Cimadevila	Spain	3:06.41	Q
3	Roy Perkins	United States	3:30.69	Q
4	Ariel Quassi	Argentina	3:47.46	Q

Final

Competed at 17:24.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Daniel Dias	Brazil	2:52.60	WR
	He Junquan	China	3:00.92
	Pablo Cimadevila	Spain	3:01.58
4	Ervin Kovacs	Hungary	3:12.02
5	Roy Perkins	United States	3:23.63
6	Ivanildo Vasconcelos	Brazil	3:30.58
7	Ariel Quassi	Argentina	3:42.93
8	Vidal 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.