Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S9
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.
| Women's 100 metre backstroke S9 at the XIV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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 Gold medallist Ellie Cole | |||||||||||||
| Venue | London Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 31 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Women's events | |||||
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| 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 medley | SM5 | ||||
| SM6 | SM7 | SM8 | SM9 | SM10 | |
| SM11 | SM12 | SM13 | |||
| Freestyle relays | 4 × 100 m (34pts) | ||||
| Medley relays | 4 × 100 m (34pts) | ||||
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Results
- Key
- Q Qualified for next round
- AS = Asian record
- OC = Oceania record
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 |
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| 1 | 4 | Ellie Cole | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
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4 | Ellie Cole | Australia |
1:09.42 | OC |
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5 | Stephanie Millward | Great Britain |
1:11.07 | |
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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
- "Swimming - Classification". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- "Women's 100m Backstroke - S9". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- "Women's 100m Backstroke - S9 (Final)". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- 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.