Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB5

The men's 100m breaststroke SB5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 12 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 100m Breaststroke SB5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	12 September
Competitors	12 from 11 nations
Winning time	1:34.69
Medalists
Pedro Rangel  Mexico Thomas Grimm  Germany Tadhg Slattery  South Africa

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:18.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tadhg Slattery	South Africa	1:37.44	Q
2	Anders Olsson	Sweden	1:43.92	Q
3	Aaron Paulson	United States	1:44.68	Q
4	Efrem Morelli	Italy	1:47.88
5	Taweesook Samuksaneeto	Thailand	1:51.18
6	Win San Aung	Myanmar	1:54.51

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pedro Rangel	Mexico	1:33.95	Q
2	Niels Grunenberg	Germany	1:34.83	Q
3	Thomas Grimm	Germany	1:38.15	Q
4	Lim Woo Geun	South Korea	1:40.51	Q
5	Lioz Amar	Israel	1:42.11	Q
6	Adriano Lima	Brazil	1:47.10

Final

Competed at 18:42.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Pedro Rangel	Mexico	1:34.69
	Thomas Grimm	Germany	1:35.41
	Tadhg Slattery	South Africa	1:36.11
4	Niels Grunenberg	Germany	1:36.68
5	Lim Woo Geun	South Korea	1:38.98
6	Anders Olsson	Sweden	1:40.47
7	Aaron Paulson	United States	1:42.43
8	Lioz Amar	Israel	1:42.50

Q = qualified for final.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Breaststroke SB5". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
• . The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2012.