Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB2

Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB2 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	30 August
Competitors	13 from 11 nations
Medalists
Jianping Du   China   Arnulfo Castorena   Mexico   Dmytro Vynohradets   Ukraine

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		SB2	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			SM3	SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The men's 50 metre breaststroke SB2 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 30 August, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Two heats were held, one with six swimmers and one with seven swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Arnulfo Castorena	Mexico	59.01	Q
2	5	Dmytro Vynohradets	Ukraine	59.56 EU	Q
3	3	Cristopher Tronco	Mexico	1:00.12	Q
4	6	Grant Patterson	Australia	1:05.86	Q
5	7	Hanhua Li	China	1:07.82
6	7	Charkorn Kaewsri	Thailand	1:08.49

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Jianping Du	China	57.83 AS	Q
2	6	Andrey Meshcheryakov	Russia	1:00.11	Q
3	3	Michael Demarco	United States	1:02.39	Q
4	5	Somchai Doungkaew	Thailand	1:02.72	Q
5	2	Ioannis Kostakis	Greece	1:05.94
6	7	Byeong-Eon Min	South Korea	1:10.22
7	1	Mark Chirino	Venezuela	1:18.66

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	4	Du Jianping	China	57.50	AS
02 !	5	Arnulfo Castorena	Mexico	58.23
03 !	3	Dmytro Vynohradets	Ukraine	58.51	EU
4	2	Cristopher Tronco	Mexico	01:01.12
5	7	Michael Demarco	United States	1:01.50
6	1	Somchai Doungkaew	Thailand	1:01.84
7	6	Andrey Meshcheryakov	Russia	1:02.31
8	8	Grant Patterson	Australia	1:07.52

References

• "Men's 50m Breaststroke - SB2". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 30 August 2012.