Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S10

Women's 100m Backstroke S10 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	13 September
Competitors	15 from 10 nations
Winning time	1:10.57
Medalists
Sophie Pascoe  New Zealand Shireen Sapiro  South Africa Esther Morales  Spain

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle			S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle				S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle					S5
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
			S13
50 m backstroke		S2	S3		S5
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
			S13
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
		SB12
50 m butterfly	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
		S12	S13
150 m medley				SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13

The women's 100m backstroke S10 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 13 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final. The final ended in a dead heat for first place, and two gold medals were awarded.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:58.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sophie Pascoe	New Zealand	1:11.26	Q
2	Emma Cattle	Great Britain	1:14.05	Q
3	Susan Beth Scott	United States	1:14.09	Q
4	Elodie Lorandi	France	1:18.05
5	Anne Polinario	Canada	1:18.06
6	Anna Omielan	Poland	1:20.85
	Wang Shuai	China		DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Shireen Sapiro	South Africa	1:13.04	Q
2	Sian Lucas	Australia	1:14.64	Q
3	Esther Morales	Spain	1:14.85	Q
4	Tarryn McGaw	Australia	1:16.58	Q
5	Katarzyna Pawlik	Poland	1:17.08	Q
6	Hannah MacDougall	Australia	1:17.87
7	Cai Hongmei	China	1:18.30
8	Maud Didier	France	1:20.84

Final

Competed at 18:34.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sophie Pascoe	New Zealand	1:10.57	WR
	Shireen Sapiro	South Africa	1:10.57	WR
	Esther Morales	Spain	1:13.77
4	Susan Beth Scott	United States	1:13.97
5	Sian Lucas	Australia	1:14.66
6	Emma Cattle	Great Britain	1:14.68
7	Tarryn McGaw	Australia	1:15.66
8	Katarzyna Pawlik	Poland	1:20.08

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. DQ = Disqualified.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 100m Backstroke S10". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2012.