Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S7

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Women's 100m Backstroke S7
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 10 September
Competitors 10 from 8 nations
Winning time 1:24.30
Medalists
Katrina Porter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Kirsten Bruhn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Chantal Boonacker Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

The women's 100m backstroke S7 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 10 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

2008 Summer Paralympics

The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the 13th Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao.

Beijing National Aquatics Center architectural structure

The Beijing National Aquatics Center, also officially known as the National Aquatics Center, and colloquially known as the Water Cube, is an aquatics center that was built alongside Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Green for the swimming competitions of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Despite its nickname, the building is not an actual cube, but a cuboid. Ground was broken on December 24, 2003, and the Center was completed and handed over for use on January 28, 2008. Swimmers at the Water Cube broke 25 world records during the 2008 Olympics.

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Results

Heats

Competed from 09:33.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Porter, Katrina Katrina Porter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:24.44 Q, WR
2 Jordan, Cortney Cortney Jordan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:30.14 Q
3 Jensen, Laura Laura Jensen Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:34.12 Q
4 Kim Ji Eun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:35.28 Q
5 Sobocan, Natasa Natasa Sobocan Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:46.48

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bruhn, Kirsten Kirsten Bruhn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:26.54 Q
2 Boonacker, Chantal Chantal Boonacker Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:26.68 Q
3 Nelson, Brianna Brianna Nelson Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:29.96 Q
4 Rogers, Shelley Shelley Rogers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:31.49 Q
5 Baka, Dorottya Dorottya Baka Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:40.14

Final

Competed at 17:43.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Porter, Katrina Katrina Porter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:24.30 WR
Bruhn, Kirsten Kirsten Bruhn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:25.97
Boonacker, Chantal Chantal Boonacker Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:26.30
4 Jordan, Cortney Cortney Jordan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:26.57
5 Rogers, Shelley Shelley Rogers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:30.26
6 Nelson, Brianna Brianna Nelson Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:30.43
7 Jensen, Laura Laura Jensen Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:31.90
8 Kim Ji Eun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:34.31

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

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