Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S6

Men's 100m Backstroke S6 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	9 September
Competitors	10 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:14.45
Medalists
Igor Plotnikov   Russia   Yang Yuanrun   China   Tang Yuan   China

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
400m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m breaststroke			SB3
100m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150m medley				SM4
200m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)

The men's 100m backstroke S6 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 9 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:11.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tang Yuan	China	1:20.59	Q
2	Yang Yuanrun	China	1:21.89	Q
3	Pastore, DiegoDiego Pastore	Argentina	1:26.04	Q
4	Naing Sit Aung	Myanmar	1:30.75
5	Rieangsantiea, PrajimPrajim Rieangsantiea	Thailand	1:31.55

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Plotnikov, IgorIgor Plotnikov	Russia	1:15.58	Q
2	Michalski, MateuszMateusz Michalski	Poland	1:21.80	Q
3	Michaelis, SwenSwen Michaelis	Germany	1:25.09	Q
4	Semenenko, IaroslavIaroslav Semenenko	Ukraine	1:25.55	Q
5	Cummings, JohnnyJohnny Cummings	Ireland	1:29.92	Q

Final

Competed at 17:07.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Plotnikov, IgorIgor Plotnikov	Russia	1:14.45
	Yang Yuanrun	China	1:16.35
	Tang Yuan	China	1:17.05
4	Michalski, MateuszMateusz Michalski	Poland	1:21.69
5	Semenenko, IaroslavIaroslav Semenenko	Ukraine	1:23.13
6	Michaelis, SwenSwen Michaelis	Germany	1:23.83
7	Pastore, DiegoDiego Pastore	Argentina	1:24.49
8	Cummings, JohnnyJohnny Cummings	Ireland	1:29.26

Q = qualified for final.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Backstroke S6". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 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 20 September 2012.