Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle S13

Women's 100m Freestyle S13 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	2 September
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Winning time	59.56
Medalists
Kelley Becherer   United States   Valerie Grand-Maison   Canada   Rebecca Anne Meyers   United States

Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle			S3		S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle			S3		S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle					S5
				S14
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12
50 m backstroke		S2		S4
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12		S14
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
		S12
200 m ind. medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The women's 100m freestyle S13 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 2 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:48.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Valerie Grand-Maison	Canada	60.48 !1:00.48	Q
2	3	Prue Watt	Australia	61.61 !1:01.61	Q
3	5	Iryna Balashova	Ukraine	63.90 !1:03.90	Q
4	1	Leticia Freitas	Brazil	66.65 !1:06.65
5	2	Colleen Young	United States	66.73 !1:06.73
6	6	Elena Krawzow	Germany	67.93 !1:07.93
7	7	Begona Curero	Spain	68.45 !1:08.45
8	8	Maryia Charniatsova	Belarus	70.56 !1:10.56

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Kelley Becherer	United States	60.23 !1:00.23	Q
2	5	Rhiannon Henry	Great Britain	61.87 !1:01.87	Q
3	3	Rebecca Anne Meyers	United States	63.99 !1:03.99	Q
4	6	Teigan van Roosmalen	Australia	64.31 !1:04.31	Q
5	2	Rhea Schmidt	Canada	65.35 !1:05.35	Q
6	7	Marta Maria Gomez Battelli	Spain	68.81 !1:08.81
7	1	Marike Naude	South Africa	71.45 !1:11.45
8	8	Naomi Ciorap	Romania	73.30 !1:13.30

Final

Competed at 18:41.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	4	Kelley Becherer	United States	59.56
02 !	5	Valerie Grand-Maison	Canada	60.07 !1:00.07
03 !	7	Rebecca Anne Meyers	United States	61.90 !1:01.90
4	6	Rhiannon Henry	Great Britain	62.00 !1:02.00
5	3	Prue Watt	Australia	62.32 !1:02.32
6	2	Iryna Balashova	Ukraine	64.26 !1:04.26
7	1	Teigan van Roosmalen	Australia	64.87 !1:04.87
8	8	Rhea Schmidt	Canada	65.26 !1:05.26

'Q = qualified for final.

References

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