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

The women's 100 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 6 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Women's 100 metre freestyle S8
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates6 September
Competitors19 from 12 nations
Medalists
Jessica Long  United States
Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain
Maddison Elliott  Australia

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 Bérubé  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
4 Jessica Long  United States 1:05.63 WR
5 Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain 1:08.07
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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