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

Event:Women's 100 metre freestyle S8
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:London Aquatics Centre
Dates:6 September
Competitors:19
Nations:12
Gold:Jessica Long
Goldnpc:USA
Silver:Heather Frederiksen
Silvernpc:GBR
Bronze:Maddison Elliott
Bronzenpc:AUS
Prev:2008
Next:2016

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Mallory Weggemann1:10.50Q
23Morgan Bird1:11.16Q
35Jiang Shengnan1:12.85
42Ksenia Sogomonyan1:15.96
57Camille Bérubé1:18.31
66Amanda Everlove1:19.38

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Heather Frederiksen1:07.53Q
25Maddison Elliott1:07.62Q,
36Kateryna Istomina1:11.95Q
43Amalie Vinther1:12.25Q
52Mariann Vestbostad1:16.17
67Immacolata Cerasuolo1:17.71

Heat 3

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Jessica Long1:06.06Q,
25Olesya Vladykina1:11.74Q
32Romy Pansters1:14.55
47Julia Kabus1:14.74
56Stefanie Weinberg1:14.80
63Emma Hollis1:23.35
71Sarah Mailhot1:25.80

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Jessica Long1:05.63
5Heather Frederiksen1:08.07
3Maddison Elliott1:08.37
46Mallory Weggemann1:08.51
57Olesya Vladykina1:10.50
62Morgan Bird1:10.97
78Amalie Vinther1:11.30
81Kateryna Istomina1:12.43

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's 100m Freestyle - S8 - Paralympic Swimming. LOCOG. 6 September 2012. 4 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120904225223/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/swimming/event/women-100m-freestyle-s8/. dead.