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The men's 50 metre backstroke S5 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 6 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Three heats were held, each with six swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Zsolt Vereczkei  Hungary 38.86 Q
2 2 Jonas Larsen  Denmark 42.56 Q
3 5 Anthony Stephens  Great Britain 43.60
4 3 Francisco Avelino  Brazil 44.89
5 6 Roy Perkins  United States 47.37
6 7 Matija Grebenic  Croatia 49.36

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 He Junquan  China 37.02 Q
2 2 Vo Thanh Tung  Vietnam 42.26 Q
3 5 Zul Amirul Sidi Bin Abdullah  Malaysia 43.00 Q
4 6 Ricardo Ten  Spain 43.07
5 3 James Scully  Ireland 45.27
6 7 Miguel Luque  Spain 49.36

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Daniel Dias  Brazil 36.29 Q
2 5 Andrew Mullen  Great Britain 39.69 Q
3 3 Cameron Leslie  New Zealand 42.88 Q, OC
4 6 Beytullah Eroglu  Turkey 43.11
5 7 Ariel Quassi  Argentina 49.45
2 Jamery Siga  Malaysia DSQ

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Daniel Dias  Brazil 34.99 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 He Junquan  China 36.41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Zsolt Vereczkei  Hungary 38.92
4 6 Andrew Mullen  Great Britain 39.54
5 1 Cameron Leslie  New Zealand 42.40 OC
6 2 Vo Thanh Tung  Vietnam 42.59
7 7 Jonas Larsen  Denmark 42.93
8 8 Zul Amirul Sidi Bin Abdullah  Malaysia 43.21

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