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
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	3 September 2012
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	56.97
Medalists
Ihar Boki  Belarus Charles Bouwer  South Africa Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece

Results

Heats

Competed from 11:26.

Heat 1

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

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

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

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