Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S7

Men's 100 metre backstroke S7
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates30 August
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Medalists
   Great Britain
   Ukraine
   Croatia
Swimming at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyle S2 S4 S5
S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
100 m freestyle S2 S4 S5
S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
200 m freestyle S2 S4 S5
S14
400 m freestyle S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
50 m backstroke S1 S2 S3 S4 S5
100 m backstroke S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13 S14
50 m breaststroke SB2 SB3
100 m breaststroke   SB4 SB5
SB6 SB7 SB8 SB9  
SB11 SB12 SB13 SB14
50 m butterfly S5
S6 S7
100 m butterfly S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
150 m medley SM3 SM4
200 m medley SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10
SM11 SM12 SM13
Freestyle relays 4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays 4 × 100 m (34pts)

The men's 100 metre backstroke S7 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 30 August, at the London Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park, London. The event was for athletes included in the S7 classification, which is for competitors with physical impairments.[1] Sixteen swimmers took part, representing a total of eleven different nations. Great Britain's Jonathan Fox set a new world record in the heats and went on to win the gold medal.

Competition

Heats

Two heats were held, each with eight swimmers; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final. The heats took place on 30 August starting at 10:39 BST.[2]

Yevheniy Bohodayko of Ukraine won the first heat in a time of one minute 12.79 seconds. Bohodayko qualified for the final along with Mihovil Spanja of Croatia, fellow Ukrainian Marian Kvasnytsia and China's Nan Gao. Nan Gao set a new Asian record time of one minute 15.05 seconds.[2]

British swimmer Jonathan Fox broke his own world record, setting a time of one minute 9.86 seconds to win heat 2 and qualify fastest for the final.[3] Other qualifiers from the second heat were Guillermo Marro of Argentina, Andrey Gladkov of Russia and Ievgen Poltavskyi of Ukraine.[2]

Final

The final took place on 30 August 2012 at 18:52 BST. Jonathan Fox won the gold medal in a time of one minute 10.46 seconds, earning Great Britain's first swimming gold medal of the Games.[4][5] Silver went to Ukraine's Bohodayko, who finished 0.85 seconds behind the winner, and the bronze to Spanja of Croatia. Chinese swimmer Nan Gao finished in seventh position but broke the Asian record which he had set in the heats. Marian Kvasnytsia was disqualified.[6]

Results

Key

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Yevheniy Bohodayko  Ukraine 1:12.79 Q
2 4 Mihovil Spanja  Croatia 1:13.36 Q
3 5 Marian Kvasnytsia  Ukraine 1:14.63 Q
4 6 Nan Gao  China 1:15.05 Q, AS
5 7 Daisuke Ejima  Japan 1:15.39
6 2 Italo Pereira  Brazil 1:16.21
7 1 Francesco Bocciardo  Italy 1:25.25
8 8 Enrique Perez Davila  Mexico 1:25.87

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jonathan Fox  Great Britain 1:09.86 Q, WR
2 6 Guillermo Marro  Argentina 1:13.94 Q
3 2 Andrey Gladkov  Russia 1:14.33 Q
4 3 Ievgen Poltavskyi  Ukraine 1:14.52 Q
5 5 Lantz Lamback  United States 1:15.49
6 7 Matias de Andrade  Argentina 1:16.74
7 1 Ronaldo Santos  Brazil 1:22.37
8 8 Jumpei Kimura  Japan 1:23.32

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 Jonathan Fox  Great Britain 1:10.46
2nd, silver medalist(s) 5 Yevheniy Bohodayko  Ukraine 1:11.31
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 Mihovil Spanja  Croatia 1:12.53
4 7 Ievgen Poltavskyi  Ukraine 1:14.03
5 6 Guillermo Marro  Argentina 1:14.19
6 2 Andrey Gladkov  Russia 1:14.26
7 8 Nan Gao  China 1:14.71 AS
8 1 Marian Kvasnytsia  Ukraine Disqualified

References

  1. "Swimming - Classification". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Men's 100m Backstroke - S7". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  3. Burns, Liz (30 August 2012). "Swimming: Team GB's Jonathan Fox sets new world record at the Aquatics Centre". The Independent. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  4. Hope, Nick (30 August 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Jonathan Fox wins British gold in the pool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  5. "Paralympics: Fox wins GB's first swimming gold". Channel 4 News. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  6. "Men's 100m Backstroke - S7 Final". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
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