Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S13

The men's 100m backstroke S13 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 3 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 100m Backstroke S13
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates3 September
Competitors13 from 9 nations
Winning time56.97
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ihar Boki  Belarus
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Charles Bouwer  South Africa
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece

Results edit

Heats edit

Competed from 11:26.

Heat 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Charles Bouwer   South Africa 1:01.16 Q
2 5 Sean Russo   Australia 1:01.98 Q, OC
3 6 Antti Antero Latikka   Finland 1:04.33 Q
4 3 Brian Hill   Canada 1:04.93 Q
5 2 Oleksii Fedyna   Ukraine 1:05.62 Q
6 7 Devin Gotell   Canada 1:06.62

Heat 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Ihar Boki   Belarus 58.19 Q, WR
2 5 Charalampos Taiganidis   Greece 1:01.95 Q
3 2 Tim Antalfy   Australia 1:04.26 Q
4 7 Aleksandr Golintovskii   Russia 1:06.68
5 6 Anton Ganzha   Ukraine 1:07.19
6 1 Kirill Pankov   Uzbekistan 1:07.77 AS
7 3 Danylo Chufarov   Ukraine 1:15.53

Final edit

Competed at 19:39.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Ihar Boki   Belarus 56.97 WR
  5 Charles Bouwer   South Africa 59.92 AF
  3 Charalampos Taiganidis   Greece 1:01.10
4 6 Sean Russo   Australia 1:02.59
5 2 Tim Antalfy   Australia 1:04.03
6 8 Oleksii Fedyna   Ukraine 1:04.77
7 1 Brian Hill   Canada 1:04.97
8 7 Antti Antero Latikka   Finland 1:05.89

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. AS = Asian Record. AF = African Record. OC = Oceania 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