Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM6

Men's 200 metre individual medley SM6 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	September 7
Competitors	11 from 7 nations
Medalists
Sascha Kindred  Great Britain Yuanrun Yang  China Xu Qing  China

The men's 200 metre individual medley SM6 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 7, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Two heats were held, with five swimmers in the first heat and six swimmers in the second heat. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final; there, they all competed in a single final heat to earn final placements.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Yuanrun Yang	China	2:73.53	Q
2	5	Matt Whorwood	Great Britain	2:54.00	Q
3	6	Anders Olsson	Sweden	3:03.35	Q
4	3	Thomas Grimm	Germany	3:08.22	Q
5	2	Tadhg Slattery	South Africa	3:12.49

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Sascha Kindred	Great Britain	2:48.35	Q
2	5	Xu Qing	China	2:52.91	Q
3	3	Ce Liu	China	3:02.28	Q
4	6	Swen Michaelis	Germany	3:05.37	Q
5	2	Mateusz Michalski	Poland	3:12.83
6	7	Aung Naing Sit	Myanmar	3:39.32

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Sascha Kindred	Great Britain	2:42.19
	3	Yuanrun Yang	China	2:43.85
	5	Xu Qing	China	2:48.45
4	6	Matt Whorwood	Great Britain	2:55.06
5	2	Ce Liu	China	2:56.94
6	7	Anders Olsson	Sweden	2:57.30
7	8	Grimm Thomas	Germany	3:08.90
	1	Swen Michaelis	Germany		DSQ