Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S6

Men's 100m Freestyle S6 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	8 September
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Winning time	1:05.82
Medalists
Xu Qing   China   Sebastian Iwanow   Germany   Lorenzo Perez Escalona   Cuba

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 100m freestyle S6 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:49.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Lorenzo Perez Escalona	Cuba	1:10.64	Q
2	3	Matthew Haanappel	Australia	1:10.95	Q, OC
3	6	Matthew Whorwood	Great Britain	1:11.47	Q
4	4	Xu Qing	China	1:12.29	Q
5	2	Nelson Crispin	Colombia	1:13.68
6	7	Swen Michaelis	Germany	1:14.44
7	1	Daniel Londono	Colombia	1:14.55
8	8	Yoav Valinsky	Israel	1:14.65

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Sebastian Iwanow	Germany	1:09.80	Q
2	2	Darragh McDonald	Ireland	1:10.59	Q
3	6	Adriano de Lima	Brazil	1:10.96	Q
4	5	Anders Olsson	Sweden	1:11.04	Q
5	3	Tang Yuan	China	1:12.76
6	1	Aaron Rhind	Australia	1:14.48
7	8	Reagan Wickens	Australia	1:17.15
8	7	Kyosuke Oyama	Japan	1:19.16

Final

Competed at 17:44.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	8	Xu Qing	China	1:05.82	PR
	4	Sebastian Iwanow	Germany	1:07.34
	3	Lorenzo Perez Escalona	Cuba	1:08.01	AM
4	5	Darragh McDonald	Ireland	1:08.92
5	6	Matthew Haanappel	Australia	1:09.88	OC
6	7	Anders Olsson	Sweden	1:10.12
7	1	Matthew Whorwood	Great Britain	1:11.21
8	2	Adriano de Lima	Brazil	1:11.32

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record. AM = Americas Record. OC = Oceania Record.

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final