Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S5

Men's 50 metre backstroke S5 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	6 September
Competitors	18 from 14 nations
Medalists
Daniel Dias  Brazil He Junquan  China Zsolt Vereczkei  Hungary

The men's 50 metre backstroke S5 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 6 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Three heats were held, each with six swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Zsolt Vereczkei	Hungary	38.86	Q
2	2	Jonas Larsen	Denmark	42.56	Q
3	5	Anthony Stephens	Great Britain	43.60
4	3	Francisco Avelino	Brazil	44.89
5	6	Roy Perkins	United States	47.37
6	7	Matija Grebenic	Croatia	49.36

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	He Junquan	China	37.02	Q
2	2	Vo Thanh Tung	Vietnam	42.26	Q
3	5	Zul Amirul Sidi Bin Abdullah	Malaysia	43.00	Q
4	6	Ricardo Ten	Spain	43.07
5	3	James Scully	Ireland	45.27
6	7	Miguel Luque	Spain	49.36

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Daniel Dias	Brazil	36.29	Q
2	5	Andrew Mullen	Great Britain	39.69	Q
3	3	Cameron Leslie	New Zealand	42.88	Q, OC
4	6	Beytullah Eroglu	Turkey	43.11
5	7	Ariel Quassi	Argentina	49.45
	2	Jamery Siga	Malaysia	DSQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Daniel Dias	Brazil	34.99	WR
	5	He Junquan	China	36.41
	3	Zsolt Vereczkei	Hungary	38.92
4	6	Andrew Mullen	Great Britain	39.54
5	1	Cameron Leslie	New Zealand	42.40	OC
6	2	Vo Thanh Tung	Vietnam	42.59
7	7	Jonas Larsen	Denmark	42.93
8	8	Zul Amirul Sidi Bin Abdullah	Malaysia	43.21

References

• "Men's 50m Backstroke - S5". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.