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

Women's 100m Backstroke S6 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	9 September
Competitors	13 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:28.34
Medalists
Mirjam de Koning-Peper   Netherlands   Nyree Lewis   Great Britain   Jiang Fuying   China

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 ind. medley				SM4
200 m ind. medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13

The women'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 09:18.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	de Koning-Peper, MirjamMirjam de Koning-Peper	Netherlands	1:32.65	Q
2	Jiang Fuying	China	1:33.11	Q
3	Gonzalez, DoramitziDoramitzi Gonzalez	Mexico	1:42.21	Q
4	Goetze, MariaMaria Goetze	Germany	1:43.11	Q
5	Castelló, JuliaJulia Castelló	Spain	1:44.00
6	Illes, FanniFanni Illes	Hungary	1:44.37

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lewis, NyreeNyree Lewis	Great Britain	1:30.34	Q
2	Lauridsen, KarinaKarina Lauridsen	Denmark	1:33.63	Q
3	Diodorova, AnastasiaAnastasia Diodorova	Russia	1:36.20	Q
4	Uhl, MirandaMiranda Uhl	United States	1:41.74	Q
5	Bowen, SarahSarah Bowen	Australia	1:43.98
6	Schwartz, InbalInbal Schwartz	Israel	1:48.14
7	Johnson, CaseyCasey Johnson	United States	1:51.42

Final

Competed at 17:12.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	de Koning-Peper, MirjamMirjam de Koning-Peper	Netherlands	1:28.34	PR
	Lewis, NyreeNyree Lewis	Great Britain	1:29.35
	Jiang Fuying	China	1:30.53
4	Diodorova, AnastasiaAnastasia Diodorova	Russia	1:33.96
5	Lauridsen, KarinaKarina Lauridsen	Denmark	1:34.41
6	Gonzalez, DoramitziDoramitzi Gonzalez	Mexico	1:36.90
7	Goetze, MariaMaria Goetze	Germany	1:39.85
8	Uhl, MirandaMiranda Uhl	United States	1:40.44

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 100m Backstroke S6". 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.