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

The women's 100 metre backstroke S9 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 31 August, at the London Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park, London. The event was for athletes included in the S9 classification, which is for competitors with physical impairments.^[1] Ten swimmers took part, representing a total of seven different nations. Australia's Ellie Cole won the gold medal.

Women's 100 metre backstroke S9 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Gold medallist Ellie Cole
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	31 August
Competitors	10 from 7 nations
Medalists
Ellie Cole  Australia Stephanie Millward  Great Britain Elizabeth Stone  United States

Results

Key

•   Q   Qualified for next round
• AS = Asian record
• OC = Oceania record

Heats

Two heats were held, each with five swimmers; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final. The heats took place on 31 August starting at 10:38 BST.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Ellie Cole	Australia	1:10.74	Q
2	5	Elizabeth Stone	United States	1:13.28	Q
3	3	Longjuan Dun	China	1:14.99	Q, AS
4	6	Emily Gray	South Africa	1:15.59	Q
5	2	Shanntol Ince	Trinidad and Tobago	1:22.14

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Stephanie Millward	Great Britain	1:10.81	Q
2	4	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	1:12.54	Q
3	3	Amy Marren	Great Britain	1:14.21	Q
4	2	Christiane Reppe	Germany	1:17.55	Q
5	6	Ping Lin	China	1:19.32

Final

Australia's Ellie Cole won the gold medal in a time of one minutes, 9.42 seconds, setting a new Oceania record. Great Britain's Stephanie Millward took silver and Elizabeth Stone won bronze. Eleven time Paralympic champion Natalie du Toit finished fourth.^[3][4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Ellie Cole	Australia	1:09.42	OC
	5	Stephanie Millward	Great Britain	1:11.07
	6	Elizabeth Stone	United States	1:12.28
4	3	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	1:12.56
5	2	Amy Marren	Great Britain	1:14.31
6	7	Longjuan Dun	China	1:15.48
7	1	Emily Gray	South Africa	1:16.65
8	8	Christiane Reppe	Germany	1:17.88