Men's 200 metre freestyle S2 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	September 7
Competitors	9 from 8 nations
Medalists
Dmitrii Kokarev  Russia Jim Anderson  Great Britain Georgios Kapellakis  Greece

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50 m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50 m breaststroke			SB3
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50 m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150 m medley				SM4
200 m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50 m (20pts)
	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50 m (20pts)
	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The men's 200 metre freestyle S2 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 7, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Two heats were held, with four swimmers in the first heat and five 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	Dmitrii Kokarev	Russia	4:50.77	Q
2	5	Georgios Kappellakis	Greece	5:12.99	Q
3	3	Denys Zhumela	Ukraine	5:25.96	Q
4	6	Iyad Shalabai	Israel	5:41.04	Q

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Jim Anderson	Great Britain	5:13.60	Q
2	5	Gabriel Feiten	Brazil	5:19.41	Q
3	3	Adriano Pereira (swimmer)	Brazil	5:21.11	Q
4	6	Christian Goldbach	Germany	5:39.65	Q
5	2	Curtis Lovejoy	United States	5:43.52

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Dmitrii Kokarev	Russia	4:45.43
	3	Jim Anderson	Great Britain	5:00.03
	5	Georgios Kapellakis	Greece	5:05.91
4	7	Denys Zhumela	Ukraine	5:16.30
5	2	Adriano Pereira	Brazil	5:21.35
6	8	Iyad Shalabi	Israel	5:34.37
7	1	Christian Goldbach	Germany	5:37.09
8	6	Gabriel Feiten	Brazil	5:38.42