title: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB8
text: # Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB8
  
  The men's 100m breaststroke SB8 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 1 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  Competed from 10:25.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Maurice Deelen | Netherlands | 1:11.02 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | Evgeny Zimin | Russia | 1:17.16 | Q |
  | 3 | 7 | Sharath Gayakwad | India | 1:18.20 | |
  | 4 | 5 | Zhao Xueming | China | 1:18.49 | |
  | 5 | 6 | Dalton Herendeen | United States | 1:21.96 | |
  | 6 | 2 | Carlos Alberto Lopes Maciel | Brazil | 1:22.74 | |
  | 7 | 1 | David Taylor | Barbados | 2:30.17 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Matthew Cowdrey | Australia | 1:11.53 | Q, OC |
  | 2 | 5 | Andreas Onea | Austria | 1:12.04 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | James Crisp | Great Britain | 1:15.84 | Q |
  | 4 | 7 | Michele Ferrarin | Italy | 1:17.67 | |
  | 5 | 3 | Eduard Samarin | Russia | 1:18.05 | |
  | 6 | 6 | Martin Schulz | Germany | 1:18.27 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Ferenc Csuri | Hungary | 1:22.29 | |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Andriy Kalyna | Ukraine | 1:08.27 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Krzysztof Paterka | Poland | 1:16.37 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Sam Hynd | Great Britain | 1:16.80 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Liu Ruijin | China | 1:17.63 | |
  | 5 | 7 | Takuro Yamada | Japan | 1:18.83 | |
  | 6 | 6 | Alejandro Sanchez Palomero | Spain | 1:20.47 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Luis Armando Andrade Guillen | Mexico | 1:22.35 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  Competed at 18:22.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Andriy Kalyna | Ukraine | 1:07.45 | |
  | | 3 | Matthew Cowdrey | Australia | 1:09.88 | OC |
  | | 5 | Maurice Deelen | Netherlands | 1:11.09 | |
  | 4 | 6 | Andreas Onea | Austria | 1:11.35 | |
  | 5 | 7 | Krzysztof Paterka | Poland | 1:14.76 | |
  | 6 | 2 | James Crisp | Great Britain | 1:15.71 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Sam Hynd | Great Britain | 1:16.64 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Evgeny Zimin | Russia | 1:17.26 | |
  
  Q = qualified for final. OC = Oceania Record.
  
  