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

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.

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  Great Britain Jessica Long  United States Olesya Vladykina  Russia

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 Bérubé	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