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

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.

Men's 100m Freestyle S6
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates8 September
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Winning time1:05.82
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Xu Qing  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sebastian Iwanow  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lorenzo Perez Escalona  Cuba

Results edit

Heats edit

Competed from 09:49.

Heat 1 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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