Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM9

Men's 200m Individual Medley SM9 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	11 September
Competitors	9 from 7 nations
Winning time	2:13.60
Medalists
Matthew Cowdrey   Australia   Andriy Kalyna   Ukraine   Cody Bureau   United States

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 individual medley SM9 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 11 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:12.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Andriy Kalyna	Ukraine	2:20.46	Q, PR
2	Tamas Sors	Hungary	2:22.98	Q
3	Takuro Yamada	Japan	2:25.44	Q
4	Michael Prout	United States	2:25.65	Q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Matthew Cowdrey	Australia	2:20.62	Q
2	Cody Bureau	United States	2:27.30	Q
3	David Grachat	Portugal	2:28.75	Q
	Guo Zhi	China		Q, DQ
	Jarrett Perry	United States		Q, DQ

Final

Competed at 18:19.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Matthew Cowdrey	Australia	2:13.60	WR
	Andriy Kalyna	Ukraine	2:17.21
	Cody Bureau	United States	2:20.21
4	Tamas Sors	Hungary	2:21.42
5	Takuro Yamada	Japan	2:24.20
6	Michael Prout	United States	2:25.56
7	David Grachat	Portugal	2:26.13

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