Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S7

The men's 100 metre backstroke S7 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 8 September, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

Men's 100 metre backstroke S7
at the XV Paralympic Games
Jonathan Fox (silver), Ievgenii Bogodaiko (gold), Italo Pereira (bronze)
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates8 September
Competitors10 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ievgenii Bogodaiko  Ukraine
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jonathan Fox  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Italo Pereira  Brazil
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Two heats were held, each with five swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows.

World record   Jonathan Fox (GBR) 1:09.15 Sheffield, Great Britain 27 July 2016
Paralympic record   Jonathan Fox (GBR) 1:09.86 London, Great Britain 30 August 2012
2016 World leading   Jonathan Fox (GBR) 1:09.15 Sheffield, Great Britain 27 July 2016

Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
2 Antoni Ponce Bertran   Spain
3 Dino Sinovcic   Croatia
4 Italo Pereira   Brazil
5 Marian Kvasnytsia   Ukraine
6 Guillermo Marro   Argentina

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
2 Hannes Schuermann   Germany
3 Matias de Andrade   Argentina
4 Jonathan Fox   Great Britain
5 Ievgenii Bogodaiko   Ukraine
6 Gao Nan   China

References

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  • "Men's 100m Backstroke - S7". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 8 September 2016.[permanent dead link]