Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM6

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Men's 200 metre ind. medley – SM6
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates3 September 2012
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Xu Qing  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sascha Kindred  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tao Zheng  China

The men's 200 metre ind. medley SM6 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 3 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Two heats were held, eight swimmers swam in each. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Xu Qing  China 2:45.62 Q
2 5 Iaroslav Semenenko  Ukraine 2:50.38 Q
3 3 Matthew Whorwood  Great Britain 2:53.82 Q
4 6 Swen Michaelis  Germany 2:57.39 Q
5 2 Nelson Crispín  Colombia 2:57.88 Q, AM
6 1 Reagan Wickens  Australia 3:11.87 OC
7 Daniel Londono  Colombia
8 8 Jawad Kadhim Joudah Joudah  Iraq 3:25.70

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Sascha Kindred  Great Britain 2:44.29 Q
2 5 Tao Zheng  China 2:52.58 Q
3 6 Matthew Haanappel  Australia 2:57.27 Q, OC
4 2 Aaron Rhind  Australia 2:59.01
5 3 Ce Liu  China 3:01.51
6 7 Yoav Valinsky  Israel 3:03.88
7 1 Adriano de Lima  Brazil 3:10.51
8 8 Kyosuke Oyama  Japan 3:11.15

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Xu Qing  China 2:38.62 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Sascha Kindred  Great Britain 2:41.50 EU
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Tao Zheng  China 2:44.38
4 3 Iaroslav Semenenko  Ukraine 2.48.11
5 2 Matthew Whorwood  Great Britain 2.53.08
6 8 Nelson Crispín  Colombia 2:55.52 AM
7 7 Matthew Haanappel  Australia 2.55.60 OC
8 1 Swen Michaels  Germany 2.58.50

References

  • "Men's 200m Ind. Medley - SM6". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.