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

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Women's 100m Backstroke S8
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates4 September
Competitors15 from 9 nations
Winning time1:17.00
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jessica Long  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Olesya Vladykina  Russia

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

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Heats

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Competed from 09:38.

Heat 1

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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

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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

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Competed at 17:37.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain 1:17.00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Jessica Long  United States 1:18.67
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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