Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S6

The men's 100 metre backstroke S6 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 30 August, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Men's 100 metre backstroke S6 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	30 August
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Medalists
Tao Zheng  China Jia Hongguang  China Sebastian Iwanow  Germany

Two heats were held, one with six swimmers and one with seven swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Iaroslav Semenenko	Ukraine	1:18.24	Q
2	5	Sebastian Iwanow	Germany	1:20.39	Q
3	3	Matthew Haanappel	Australia	1:24.02 OC	Q
4	2	Aaron Rhind	Australia	1:25.36	Q
5	6	Sit Aung Naing	Myanmar	1:27.00
6	7	Ivanildo Vasconcelos	Brazil	1:37.68

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Jia Hongguang	China	1:14.98 AS	Q
2	4	Tao Zheng	China	1:16.37	Q
3	3	Swen Michaelis	Germany	1:23.49	Q
4	2	Jawad Kadhim Joudah Joudah	Iraq	1:24.59	Q
5	7	Reagan Wickens	Australia	1:32.94
6	1	Yoav Valinsky	Israel	1:34.12
	6	Agus Ngaimin	Indonesia	Did not start

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Tao Zheng	China	1:13.56	WR
	4	Jia Hongguang	China	1:14.64
	6	Sebastian Iwanow	Germany	1:15.95
4	3	Iaroslav Semenenko	Ukraine	1:15.98
5	7	Matthew Haanappel	Australia	1:21.25	OC
6	2	Swen Michaelis	Germany	1:23.54
7	1	Jawad Kadhim Joudah Joudah	Iraq	1:25.31
8	8	Aaron Rhind	Australia	1:29.28

References

• "Men's 100m Backstroke - S6". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.

Men's 100m Backstroke - S6 Final Result Archived 2012-08-30 at the Wayback Machine