title: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S8
text: # Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S8
  
  The men's 100m freestyle S8 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 6 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  Competed from 11:03.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 5 | Wang Yinan | China | 58.97 | Q |
  | 2 | 4 | Maurice Deelen | Netherlands | 59.88 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Sean Fraser | Great Britain | 1:00.78 | Q |
  | 4 | 6 | Blake Cochrane | Australia | 1:01.72 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Charles Rozoy | France | 1:02.59 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Luis Armando Andrade Guillen | Mexico | 1:04.39 | |
  | 7 | 7 | Jaime Bailon Galindo | Spain | 1:04.66 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Caio Oliveira | Brazil | 1:05.86 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Denis Tarasov | Russia | 58.65 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Konstantin Lisenkov | Russia | 59.03 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Song Maodang | China | 1:00.34 | Q |
  | 4 | 6 | Thomas Young | Great Britain | 1:01.85 | Q |
  | 5 | 7 | Zack McAllister | Canada | 1:02.88 | AM |
  | 6 | 1 | Niels Korfitz Mortensen | Denmark | 1:04.36 | |
  | 7 | 2 | Sam Hynd | Great Britain | 1:05.21 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Evan Ryan Austin | United States | 1:05.58 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  Competed at 19:22.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 5 | Wang Yinan | China | 56.58 | WR |
  | | 4 | Denis Tarasov | Russia | 57.52 | EU |
  | | 3 | Konstantin Lisenkov | Russia | 58.33 | |
  | 4 | 6 | Maurice Deelen | Netherlands | 58.65 | |
  | 5 | 2 | Song Maodang | China | 59.86 | |
  | 6 | 8 | Thomas Young | Great Britain | 1:00.53 | |
  | 7 | 7 | Sean Fraser | Great Britain | 1:00.58 | |
  | 8 | 1 | Blake Cochrane | Australia | 1:01.07 | |
  
  Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. AM = Americas Record. EU = European Record.
  
  