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

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

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

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
	4	Du Jianping	China	57.50	AS
	5	Arnulfo Castorena	Mexico	58.23
	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

• . The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.