Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB5

Women's 100m Breaststroke SB5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	12 September
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning time	1:36.92
Medalists
Kirsten Bruhn   Germany   Rachel Lardiere   France   Gitta Raczko   Hungary

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle			S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle				S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle					S5
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
			S13
50 m backstroke		S2	S3		S5
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
					S13
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
		SB12
50 m butterfly	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
		S12	S13
150 m ind. medley				SM4
200 m ind. medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13

The women's 100m breaststroke SB5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 12 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:25.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lancial, FlorenceFlorence Lancial	France	1:54.99	Q
2	Shavel, NatalliaNatallia Shavel	Belarus	1:56.14	Q
3	Lewis, NyreeNyree Lewis	Great Britain	2:00.45	Q
4	Kitamura, YuriYuri Kitamura	Japan	2:02.68	Q
5	Clarke, Hannah MayHannah May Clarke	Ireland	2:06.33
6	Castelló, JuliaJulia Castelló	Spain	2:10.71

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bruhn, KirstenKirsten Bruhn	Germany	1:36.30	Q, WR
2	Lardiere, RachelRachel Lardiere	France	1:53.90	Q
3	Raczko, GittaGitta Raczko	Hungary	1:56.88	Q
4	Illes, FanniFanni Illes	Hungary	2:06.29	Q
5	Demyanenko, KaterynaKateryna Demyanenko	Ukraine	2:07.10
6	Choi Na Mi	South Korea	2:10.96

Final

Competed at 18:48.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Bruhn, KirstenKirsten Bruhn	Germany	1:36.92
02 !	Lardiere, RachelRachel Lardiere	France	1:52.34
03 !	Raczko, GittaGitta Raczko	Hungary	1:54.49
4	Lewis, NyreeNyree Lewis	Great Britain	1:56.19
5	Lancial, FlorenceFlorence Lancial	France	1:56.73
6	Shavel, NatalliaNatallia Shavel	Belarus	1:57.69
7	Kitamura, YuriYuri Kitamura	Japan	2:03.41
8	Illes, FanniFanni Illes	Hungary	2:07.52

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 100m Breaststroke SB5". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 September 2012.