Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle S8

Women's 100 metre freestyle S8
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates6 September
Competitors19 from 12 nations
Medalists
   United States
   Great Britain
   Australia
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 freestyle S8 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 6 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Three heats were held, two with six swimmers each and one with seven competitors. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.[1]

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Mallory Weggemann  United States 1:10.50 Q
2 3 Morgan Bird  Canada 1:11.16 Q
3 5 Jiang Shengnan  China 1:12.85 AS
4 2 Ksenia Sogomonyan  Russia 1:15.96
5 7 Camille Berube  Canada 1:18.31
6 6 Amanda Everlove  United States 1:19.38

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain 1:07.53 Q
2 5 Maddison Elliott  Australia 1:07.62 Q, OC
3 6 Kateryna Istomina  Ukraine 1:11.95 Q
4 3 Amalie Vinther  Denmark 1:12.25 Q
5 2 Mariann Vestbostad Martinsen  Norway 1:16.17
6 7 Immacolata Cerasuolo  Italy 1:17.71

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jessica Long  United States 1:06.06 Q, WR
2 5 Olesya Vladykina  Russia 1:11.74 Q
3 2 Romy Pansters  Netherlands 1:14.55
4 7 Julia Kabus  Germany 1:14.74
5 6 Stefanie Weinberg  Germany 1:14.80
6 3 Emma Hollis  Great Britain 1:23.35
7 1 Sarah Mailhot  Canada 1:25.80

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 4 Jessica Long  United States 1:05.63 WR
2nd 5 Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain 1:08.07
3rd 3 Maddison Elliott  Australia 1:08.37
4 6 Mallory Weggemann  United States 1:08.51
5 7 Olesya Vladykina  Russia 1:10.50
6 2 Morgan Bird  Canada 1:10.97
7 8 Amalie Vinther  Denmark 1:11.30
8 1 Kateryna Istomina  Ukraine 1:12.43

References

  1. "Women's 100m Freestyle - S8 - Paralympic Swimming". LOCOG. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
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