Men's 50m Backstroke S1 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	6 from 4 nations
Winning time	1:23.15
Medalists
Christos Tampaxis  Greece Andreas Katsaros  Greece João Martins  Portugal

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)
v t e

The men's 50m backstroke S1 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were no heats in this event.

Competed at 17:00.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Christos Tampaxis	Greece	1:23.15
	Andreas Katsaros	Greece	1:44.53
	João Martins	Portugal	1:47.76
4	Alexandros Taxildaris	Greece	1:50.49
5	Andrius Bickauskas	Lithuania	2:27.68
6	Grover Evans	United States	2:51.17

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Backstroke S1". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2012.