Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S8

The women's 100m backstroke S8 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 4 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Women's 100m Backstroke S8
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates4 September
Competitors15 from 9 nations
Winning time1:17.00
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jessica Long  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Olesya Vladykina  Russia

Results

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Heats

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Competed from 09:38.

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jessica Long   United States 1:21.75 Q
2 5 Olesya Vladykina   Russia 1:21.82 Q
3 3 Jin Xiaoqin   China 1:23.46 Q
4 6 Mallory Weggemann   United States 1:24.18 Q
5 2 Maddison Elliott   Australia 1:24.34 Q
6 7 Ksenia Sogomonyan   Russia 1:27.57
7 1 Guan Xiangnan   China 1:27.62

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Heather Frederiksen   Great Britain 1:17.63 Q
2 5 Mariann Vestbostad   Norway 1:23.05 Q
3 3 Lu Weiyuan   China 1:24.31 Q
4 2 Stefanie Weinberg   Germany 1:24.71
5 1 Kateryna Istomina   Ukraine 1:26.78
6 7 Camille Bérubé   Canada 1:26.96
7 6 Amanda Everlove   United States 1:28.30
8 Sarah Mailhot   Canada DNS

Final

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Competed at 17:37.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Heather Frederiksen   Great Britain 1:17.00
  5 Jessica Long   United States 1:18.67
  3 Olesya Vladykina   Russia 1:20.20
4 6 Mariann Vestbostad   Norway 1:22.17
5 2 Jin Xiaoqin   China 1:22.99
6 8 Maddison Elliott   Australia 1:23.25
7 7 Mallory Weggemann   United States 1:23.36
8 1 Lu Weiyuan   China 1:23.56

'Q = qualified for final. DNS = Did not start.

References

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Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine