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

Women's 100m Backstroke S7 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	10 September
Competitors	10 from 8 nations
Winning time	1:24.30
Medalists
Katrina Porter   Australia   Kirsten Bruhn   Germany   Chantal Boonacker   Netherlands

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle			S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle				S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle					S5
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
			S13
50 m backstroke		S2	S3		S5
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
					S13
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
		SB12
50 m butterfly	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
		S12	S13
150 m ind. medley				SM4
200 m ind. medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13

The women'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.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:33.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Porter, KatrinaKatrina Porter	Australia	1:24.44	Q, WR
2	Jordan, CortneyCortney Jordan	United States	1:30.14	Q
3	Jensen, LauraLaura Jensen	Canada	1:34.12	Q
4	Kim Ji Eun	South Korea	1:35.28	Q
5	Sobocan, NatasaNatasa Sobocan	Croatia	1:46.48

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bruhn, KirstenKirsten Bruhn	Germany	1:26.54	Q
2	Boonacker, ChantalChantal Boonacker	Netherlands	1:26.68	Q
3	Nelson, BriannaBrianna Nelson	Canada	1:29.96	Q
4	Rogers, ShelleyShelley Rogers	Australia	1:31.49	Q
5	Baka, DorottyaDorottya Baka	Hungary	1:40.14

Final

Competed at 17:43.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Porter, KatrinaKatrina Porter	Australia	1:24.30	WR
	Bruhn, KirstenKirsten Bruhn	Germany	1:25.97
	Boonacker, ChantalChantal Boonacker	Netherlands	1:26.30
4	Jordan, CortneyCortney Jordan	United States	1:26.57
5	Rogers, ShelleyShelley Rogers	Australia	1:30.26
6	Nelson, BriannaBrianna Nelson	Canada	1:30.43
7	Jensen, LauraLaura Jensen	Canada	1:31.90
8	Kim Ji Eun	South Korea	1:34.31

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 100m Backstroke S7". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 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 21 September 2012.