Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle S13

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Women's 100m Freestyle S13
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Dates 2 September
Competitors 16 from 11 nations
Winning time 59.56
Medalists
Kelley Becherer Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Valerie Grand-Maison Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
Rebecca Anne Meyers Flag of the United States.svg  United States

The women's 100m freestyle S13 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 2 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.

Contents

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:48.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Valerie Grand-Maison Flag of Canada.svg  Canada Q
2 3 Prue Watt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Q
3 5 Iryna Balashova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Q
4 1 Leticia Freitas Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
5 2 Colleen Young Flag of the United States.svg  United States
6 6 Elena Krawzow Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
7 7 Begona Curero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
8 8 Maryia Charniatsova Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Kelley Becherer Flag of the United States.svg  United States Q
2 5 Rhiannon Henry Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Q
3 3 Rebecca Anne Meyers Flag of the United States.svg  United States Q
4 6 Teigan van Roosmalen Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Q
5 2 Rhea Schmidt Flag of Canada.svg  Canada Q
6 7 Marta Maria Gomez Battelli Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
7 1 Marike Naude Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
8 8 Naomi Ciorap Flag of Romania.svg  Romania

Final

Competed at 18:41.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 Kelley Becherer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.56
5 Valerie Grand-Maison Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
7 Rebecca Anne Meyers Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4 6 Rhiannon Henry Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
5 3 Prue Watt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
6 2 Iryna Balashova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
7 1 Teigan van Roosmalen Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
8 8 Rhea Schmidt Flag of Canada.svg  Canada

'Q = qualified for final.

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References

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