Song Maodang is a Chinese

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. At the

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he won a silver medal at the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 34pts event and a bronze medal at the Men's 100 metre butterfly S8 event. At the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

he won a gold medal at the Men's 100 metre Butterfly S8 event with a

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and paralympic record of 59.19. He also won a silver medal at the Men's 100m Freestyle S8 event with 58.13.

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Living people Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for China Paralympic silver medalists for China Paralympic bronze medalists for China Paralympic swimmers for China Chinese male butterfly swimmers S8-classified para swimmers Chinese male freestyle swimmers Year of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-swimming-bio-stub