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

Men's 100m Backstroke S8
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates4 September
Competitors12 from 7 nations
Winning time1:05.43
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Konstantin Lisenkov  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Denis Tarasov  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oliver Hynd  Great Britain

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

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Heats

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Competed from 09:30.

Heat 1

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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

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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

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Competed at 17:30.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Konstantin Lisenkov  Russia 1:05.43 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Denis Tarasov  Russia 1:06.93
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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