Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S7

The men's 100m backstroke S7 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 10 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 100m Backstroke S7
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates10 September
Competitors12 from 10 nations
Winning time1:12.09
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lantz Lamback  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jon Fox  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Guillermo Marro  Argentina

Results edit

Heats edit

Competed from 09:26.

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Guillermo Marro   Argentina 1:15.73 Q
2 Dejan Fabcic   Slovenia 1:17.19 Q
3 Gao Nan   China 1:18.01 Q
4 Ma Fei   China 1:18.10 Q
5 Kevin Lambrechts   Belgium 1:20.50
6 Nikita Shevchenko   Russia 1:24.86

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lantz Lamback   United States 1:14.06 Q, WR
2 Jon Fox   Great Britain 1:14.78 Q
3 Andrew Lindsay   Great Britain 1:16.75 Q
4 Daisuke Ejima   Japan 1:17.12 Q
5 Nikolaos Tsotras   Greece 1:21.52
6 Jay Dohnt   Australia 1:24.88

Final edit

Competed at 17:37.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Lantz Lamback   United States 1:12.09 WR
  Jon Fox   Great Britain 1:14.34
  Guillermo Marro   Argentina 1:15.17
4 Andrew Lindsay   Great Britain 1:15.99
5 Daisuke Ejima   Japan 1:16.42
6 Gao Nan   China 1:17.34
7 Ma Fei   China 1:18.03
8 Dejan Fabcic   Slovenia 1:18.41

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References edit

  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Backstroke S7". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  • "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2012.