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

The men's 100m backstroke S9 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 31 August. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 100m Backstroke S9
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates31 August
Competitors13 from 8 nations
Winning time1:02.39
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthew Cowdrey  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) James Crisp  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Liu Xiaobing  China

Results edit

Heats edit

Competed from 10:30.

Heat 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Michael Auprince   Australia 1:03.86 Q
2 4 James Crisp   Great Britain 1:04.01 Q
3 7 Brenden Hall   Australia 1:06.33
4 3 Cody Bureau   United States 1:07.16
5 6 Jesus Collado   Spain 1:07.58
6 2 Andriy Kalyna   Ukraine 1:13.15

Heat 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Liu Xiaobing   China 1:04.91 Q
2 3 Morgyn Peters   Great Britain 1:05.12 Q
3 6 Tamás Sors   Hungary 1:05.20 Q
4 1 Laurence McGivern   Ireland 1:05.35 Q
5 4 Matthew Cowdrey   Australia 1:05.47 Q
6 7 Tamás Tóth   Hungary 1:06.13 Q
7 2 Michael Prout   United States 1:07.71

Final edit

Competed at 18:32.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  1 Matthew Cowdrey   Australia 1:02.39 PR
  5 James Crisp   Great Britain 1:03.62
  3 Liu Xiaobing   China 1:03.73
4 4 Michael Auprince   Australia 1:03.98
5 6 Morgyn Peters   Great Britain 1:04.79
6 8 Tamás Tóth   Hungary 1:05.30
7 2 Tamás Sors   Hungary 1:05.31
8 7 Laurence McGivern   Ireland 1:06.11

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