Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S9

Women's 100 metre backstroke S9
at the XIV Paralympic Games

Gold medallist Ellie Cole

Venue

London Aquatics Centre

Dates

31 August

Competitors

10 from 7 nations

Medalists

		Ellie Cole	Australia
		Stephanie Millward	Great Britain
		Elizabeth Stone	United States

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 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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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.

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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
1	4	Ellie Cole	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
	4	Ellie Cole	Australia	1:09.42	OC
	5	Stephanie Millward	Great Britain	1:11.07
	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. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
^ "Women's 100m Backstroke - S9". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
^ "Women's 100m Backstroke - S9 (Final)". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. 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.

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