Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S9

The women's 100 metre backstroke S9 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 31 August, at the London Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park, London. The event was for athletes included in the S9 classification, which is for competitors with physical impairments.[1] Ten swimmers took part, representing a total of seven different nations. Australia's Ellie Cole won the gold medal.

Women's 100 metre backstroke S9
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Gold medallist Ellie Cole
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates31 August
Competitors10 from 7 nations
Medalists
Ellie Cole  Australia
Stephanie Millward  Great Britain
Elizabeth Stone  United States

Results

Key
  •   Q   Qualified for next round
  • AS = Asian record
  • OC = Oceania record

Heats

Two heats were held, each with five swimmers; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final. The heats took place on 31 August starting at 10:38 BST.[2]

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Ellie Cole  Australia 1:10.74 Q
2 5 Elizabeth Stone  United States 1:13.28 Q
3 3 Longjuan Dun  China 1:14.99 Q, AS
4 6 Emily Gray  South Africa 1:15.59 Q
5 2 Shanntol Ince  Trinidad and Tobago 1:22.14

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Stephanie Millward  Great Britain 1:10.81 Q
2 4 Natalie du Toit  South Africa 1:12.54 Q
3 3 Amy Marren  Great Britain 1:14.21 Q
4 2 Christiane Reppe  Germany 1:17.55 Q
5 6 Ping Lin  China 1:19.32

Final

Australia's Ellie Cole won the gold medal in a time of one minutes, 9.42 seconds, setting a new Oceania record. Great Britain's Stephanie Millward took silver and Elizabeth Stone won bronze. Eleven time Paralympic champion Natalie du Toit finished fourth.[3][4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 Ellie Cole  Australia 1:09.42 OC
5 Stephanie Millward  Great Britain 1:11.07
6 Elizabeth Stone  United States 1:12.28
4 3 Natalie du Toit  South Africa 1:12.56
5 2 Amy Marren  Great Britain 1:14.31
6 7 Longjuan Dun  China 1:15.48
7 1 Emily Gray  South Africa 1:16.65
8 8 Christiane Reppe  Germany 1:17.88

References

  1. "Swimming - Classification". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  2. "Women's 100m Backstroke - S9". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  3. "Women's 100m Backstroke - S9 (Final)". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  4. Pearce, Nick (1 September 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Heather Frederiksen provides further evidence of powers of recovery with 400m freestyle silver". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 September 2012.


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