Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S8

Women's 100m Backstroke S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	10 September
Competitors	11 from 8 nations
Winning time	1:16.74
Medalists
Heather Frederiksen   Great Britain   Jessica Long   United States   Mariann Vestbostad   Norway

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 S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 10 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:47.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vestbostad, MariannMariann Vestbostad	Norway	1:21.77	Q
2	Latham, RachaelRachael Latham	Great Britain	1:22.71	Q
3	Leibovitch, KerenKeren Leibovitch	Israel	1:22.99	Q
4	Weinberg, StefanieStefanie Weinberg	Germany	1:27.86	Q
5	Cole, AndreaAndrea Cole	Canada	1:39.26

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Frederiksen, HeatherHeather Frederiksen	Great Britain	1:17.62	Q, PR
2	Long, JessicaJessica Long	United States	1:20.44	Q
3	Jin Xiaoqin	China	1:27.17	Q
4	Lu Weiyuan	China	1:27.76	Q
5	Oliver, RhiannonRhiannon Oliver	Australia	1:34.92
	Everlove, AmandaAmanda Everlove	United States		DQ

Final

Competed at 18:10.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Frederiksen, HeatherHeather Frederiksen	Great Britain	1:16.74	WR
	Long, JessicaJessica Long	United States	1:19.56
	Vestbostad, MariannMariann Vestbostad	Norway	1:20.86
4	Leibovitch, KerenKeren Leibovitch	Israel	1:21.34
5	Latham, RachaelRachael Latham	Great Britain	1:22.38
6	Jin Xiaoqin	China	1:25.48
7	Weinberg, StefanieStefanie Weinberg	Germany	1:27.96
8	Lu Weiyuan	China	1:28.55

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 100m Backstroke S8". 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.