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 (golod), Italo Pereira (bronze)
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates8 September
Competitors10 from 8 nations

Two heats were held, each with five swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Records

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

Heat 1

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

Heat 2

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

References

  • "Men's 100m Backstroke - S7". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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