Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S8
| Women's 100m Backstroke S8 at the XIV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | London Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 4 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:17.00 | ||||||||||||
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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.
Results
Heats
Competed from 09:38.
Heat 1
| 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
| 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 Berube |  Canada | 1:26.96 | |
| 7 | 6 | Amanda Everlove | United States | 1:28.30 | |
| 8 | Sarah Mailhot | Canada | DNS |
Final
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
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
