Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S8

Men's 100m Backstroke S8
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Men's 100m Backstroke S8; at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	4 September
Competitors	12 from 7 nations
Winning time	1:05.43
Medalists

The men's 100m backstroke S8 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 4 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:30.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Thomas Young	Great Britain	1:09.54	Q
2	5	Sean Fraser	Great Britain	1:10.02	Q
3	2	Niels Korfitz Mortensen	Denmark	1:11.56	Q
4	6	Alexey Fomenkov	Russia	1:12.44
5	3	Yang Xiusen	China	1:13.75
6	7	Rudy Garcia-Tolson	United States	1:17.58

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Konstantin Lisenkov	Russia	1:07.20	Q
2	5	Denis Tarasov	Russia	1:07.90	Q
3	3	Oliver Hynd	Great Britain	1:08.59	Q
4	2	Ander Romarate Aguirre	Spain	1:12.00	Q
5	6	Mikkel Asmussen	Denmark	1:12.09	Q
6	7	Caio Oliveira	Brazil	1:16.72

Final

Competed at 17:30.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Konstantin Lisenkov	Russia	1:05.43	PR
	5	Denis Tarasov	Russia	1:06.93
	3	Oliver Hynd	Great Britain	1:08.35
4	6	Thomas Young	Great Britain	1:08.91
5	2	Sean Fraser	Great Britain	1:09.67
6	7	Niels Korfitz Mortensen	Denmark	1:10.63
7	1	Ander Romarate Aguirre	Spain	1:12.01
8	8	Mikkel Asmussen	Denmark	1:12.44

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine