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

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Women's 100m Backstroke S8
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Dates 4 September
Competitors 15 from 9 nations
Winning time 1:17.00
Medalists
Heather Frederiksen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Jessica Long Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Olesya Vladykina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

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.

2012 Summer Paralympics sportive event

The 2012 Summer Paralympics, the 14th Summer Paralympic Games, and also more generally known as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), that took place in London, United Kingdom from 29 August to 9 September 2012. These Paralympics were one of the largest multi-sport events ever held in the United Kingdom after the 2012 Summer Olympics, and until the date the largest Paralympics ever: 4,302 athletes from 164 National Paralympic Committees participated, with fourteen countries appearing in the Paralympics for the first time ever.

London Aquatics Centre architectural structure

The London Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility with two 50-metre (164-foot) swimming pools and a 25-metre (82-foot) diving pool in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London. The centre, one of the main venues of the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics, was used for the swimming, diving and synchronised swimming events. After significant modification, the centre opened to the public in March 2014.

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Results

Heats

Competed from 09:38.

Heat 1

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

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Heather Frederiksen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:17.63 Q
2 5 Mariann Vestbostad Martinsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:23.05 Q
3 3 Lu Weiyuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:24.31 Q
4 2 Stefanie Weinberg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:24.71
5 1 Kateryna Istomina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:26.78
6 7 Camille Berube Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:26.96
7 6 Amanda Everlove Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:28.30
8 Sarah Mailhot Flag of Canada.svg  Canada DNS

Final

Competed at 17:37.

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

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

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References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final