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 38.86 Q 2 2 Jonas Larsen 42.56 Q 3 5 Anthony Stephens 43.60 4 3 Francisco Avelino 44.89 5 6 Roy Perkins 47.37 6 7 Matija Grebenic 49.36
Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 He Junquan 37.02Q 2 2 Vo Thanh Tung 42.26 Q 3 5 Zul Amirul Sidi Bin Abdullah 43.00 Q 4 6 Ricardo Ten 43.07 5 3 James Scully 45.27 6 7 Miguel Luque 49.36
Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Daniel Dias 36.29 Q 2 5 Andrew Mullen 39.69 Q 3 3 Cameron Leslie 42.88 Q, OC 4 6 Beytullah Eroglu 43.11 5 7 Ariel Quassi 49.45 2 Jamery Siga DSQ
Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Daniel Dias 34.99 WR 5 He Junquan 36.41 3 Zsolt Vereczkei 38.92 4 6 Andrew Mullen 39.54 5 1 Cameron Leslie 42.40 OC 6 2 Vo Thanh Tung 42.59 7 7 Jonas Larsen 42.93 8 8 Zul Amirul Sidi Bin Abdullah 43.21
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