Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle S4

Men's 200m Freestyle S4 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	9 September
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Winning time	2:55.81
Medalists
Ricardo Oribe   Spain   David Smétanine   France   Jan Povysil   Czech Republic

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
400m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m breaststroke			SB3
100m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150m medley				SM4
200m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)

The men's 200m freestyle S4 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 9 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Competed from 10:02.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Smétanine	France	3:02.09	Q, PR
2	Ivan Khmelnitskiy	Russia	3:16.67	Q
3	Luca Mazzone	Italy	3:36.63	Q
4	Kestutis Skucas	Lithuania	3:55.82
5	Joon Seo	Brazil	3:59.65

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ricardo Oribe	Spain	3:00.45	Q, PR
2	Jan Povysil	Czech Republic	3:04.58	Q
3	Christoffer Lindhe	Sweden	3:11.81	Q
4	Juan Reyes	Mexico	3:28.73	Q
5	Stylianos Tsakonas	Greece	3:43.87	Q

Final

Competed at 18:40.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ricardo Oribe	Spain	2:55.81	WR
	David Smétanine	France	3:04.47
	Jan Povysil	Czech Republic	3:06.74
4	Christoffer Lindhe	Sweden	3:11.84
5	Luca Mazzone	Italy	3:14.81
6	Ivan Khmelnitskiy	Russia	3:15.79
7	Juan Reyes	Mexico	3:25.57
8	Stylianos Tsakonas	Greece	3:40.20

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