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

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
   Australia
   Great Britain
   United States
Swimming at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle S3 S5
S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
100 m freestyle S3 S5
S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
200 m freestyle S5
S14
400 m freestyle S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12
50 m backstroke S2 S4
100 m backstroke S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S14
100 m breaststroke   SB4 SB5
SB6 SB7 SB8 SB9
SB11 SB12 SB13 SB14
50 m butterfly S5
S6 S7
100 m butterfly S8 S9 S10
S12
200 m ind. medley SM5
SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10
SM11 SM12 SM13
Freestyle relay 4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relay 4 × 100 m (34pts)

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.

Results

Key

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
1st 4 Ellie Cole  Australia 1:09.42 OC
2nd 5 Stephanie Millward  Great Britain 1:11.07
3rd 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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