Men's 100m Freestyle S9 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	8 September
Competitors	20 from 11 nations
Winning time	55.30
Medalists
Matthew Cowdrey  Australia Guo Zhi  China Tamás Sors  Hungary

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
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
50 m breaststroke			SB3
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50 m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150 m medley				SM4
200 m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50 m (20pts)
	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50 m (20pts)
	4 × 100 m (34pts)
v t e

The men's 100m freestyle S9 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Competed from 10:58.

Heat 1[edit]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tamás Sors	Hungary	57.59	Q, PR
2	Xiong Xiaoming	China	58.94
3	Jose Antonio Mari	Spain	59.07
4	Simon Miller	Great Britain	59.08
5	Michael Prout	United States	59.18
6	Taras Yastremskyy	Ukraine	59.37

Heat 2[edit]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Guo Zhi	China	56.24	Q, PR
2	Takuro Yamada	Japan	57.82	Q
3	Sami El Gueddari	France	58.72	Q
4	Jesus Collado	Spain	58.82
5	Sam Bramham	Australia	58.97
6	Wang Renjie	China	59.00
7	Andriy Sirovatchenko	Ukraine	1:00.18

Heat 3[edit]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Matthew Cowdrey	Australia	56.53	Q
2	Andriy Kalyna	Ukraine	57.35	Q
3	David Grachat	Portugal	57.93	Q
4	Cody Bureau	United States	58.29	Q
5	Mark Barr	United States	59.56
6	Stephen Osborne	Australia	59.70
7	Christian Thomsen	Denmark	59.99

Final[edit]

Competed at 20:22.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Matthew Cowdrey	Australia	55.30	WR
	Guo Zhi	China	56.13
	Tamás Sors	Hungary	56.80
4	Andriy Kalyna	Ukraine	57.12
5	Takuro Yamada	Japan	57.29
6	David Grachat	Portugal	57.55
7	Cody Bureau	United States	58.14
8	Sami El Gueddari	France	58.68

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

References[edit]

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