Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S8
| Men's 100m Backstroke S8 at the XIV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | London Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 4 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:05.43 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Men's events | |||||
| 50 m freestyle | S2 | S4 | S5 | ||
| S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | |
| S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
| 100 m freestyle | S2 | S4 | S5 | ||
| S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | |
| S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
| 200 m freestyle | S2 | S4 | S5 | S14 | |
| 400 m freestyle | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 |
| S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
| 50 m backstroke | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 |
| 100 m backstroke | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 |
| S11 | S12 | S13 | S14 | ||
| 50 m breaststroke | SB3 | ||||
| 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 | ||
| S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
| 150 m medley | SM4 | ||||
| 200 m medley | SM6 | SM7 | SM8 | SM9 | SM10 |
| SM12 | SM13 | ||||
| Freestyle relays | 4 × 100 m (34pts) | ||||
| Medley relays | 4 × 100 m (34pts) | ||||
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[edit]
Heats[edit]
Competed from 09:30.
Heat 1[edit]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
Competed at 17:30.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Konstantin Lisenkov | Russia |
1:05.43 | PR |
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5 | Denis Tarasov | Russia |
1:06.93 | |
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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[edit]
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