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

The women's 100 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 6 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Women's 100 metre freestyle S8
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates6 September
Competitors19 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jessica Long  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maddison Elliott  Australia
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Three heats were held, two with six swimmers each and one with seven competitors. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.[1]

Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Mallory Weggemann   United States 1:10.50 Q
2 3 Morgan Bird   Canada 1:11.16 Q
3 5 Jiang Shengnan   China 1:12.85 AS
4 2 Ksenia Sogomonyan   Russia 1:15.96
5 7 Camille Bérubé   Canada 1:18.31
6 6 Amanda Everlove   United States 1:19.38

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Heather Frederiksen   Great Britain 1:07.53 Q
2 5 Maddison Elliott   Australia 1:07.62 Q, OC
3 6 Kateryna Istomina   Ukraine 1:11.95 Q
4 3 Amalie Vinther   Denmark 1:12.25 Q
5 2 Mariann Vestbostad   Norway 1:16.17
6 7 Immacolata Cerasuolo   Italy 1:17.71

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jessica Long   United States 1:06.06 Q, WR
2 5 Olesya Vladykina   Russia 1:11.74 Q
3 2 Romy Pansters   Netherlands 1:14.55
4 7 Julia Kabus   Germany 1:14.74
5 6 Stefanie Weinberg   Germany 1:14.80
6 3 Emma Hollis   Great Britain 1:23.35
7 1 Sarah Mailhot   Canada 1:25.80

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Jessica Long   United States 1:05.63 WR
  5 Heather Frederiksen   Great Britain 1:08.07
  3 Maddison Elliott   Australia 1:08.37
4 6 Mallory Weggemann   United States 1:08.51
5 7 Olesya Vladykina   Russia 1:10.50
6 2 Morgan Bird   Canada 1:10.97
7 8 Amalie Vinther   Denmark 1:11.30
8 1 Kateryna Istomina   Ukraine 1:12.43

References

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  1. ^ "Women's 100m Freestyle - S8 - Paralympic Swimming". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.