Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S8
# Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S8

The women's 100m backstroke S8 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 4 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

## Results

### Heats

Competed from 09:38.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Jessica Long | United States | 1:21.75 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Olesya Vladykina | Russia | 1:21.82 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Jin Xiaoqin | China | 1:23.46 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Mallory Weggemann | United States | 1:24.18 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Maddison Elliott | Australia | 1:24.34 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Ksenia Sogomonyan | Russia | 1:27.57 | |
| 7 | 1 | Guan Xiangnan | China | 1:27.62 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Heather Frederiksen | Great Britain | 1:17.63 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Mariann Vestbostad | Norway | 1:23.05 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Lu Weiyuan | China | 1:24.31 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Stefanie Weinberg | Germany | 1:24.71 | |
| 5 | 1 | Kateryna Istomina | Ukraine | 1:26.78 | |
| 6 | 7 | Camille Berube | Canada | 1:26.96 | |
| 7 | 6 | Amanda Everlove | United States | 1:28.30 | |
| | 8 | Sarah Mailhot | Canada | DNS | |

### Final

Competed at 17:37.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Heather Frederiksen | Great Britain | 1:17.00 |
| | 5 | Jessica Long | United States | 1:18.67 |
| | 3 | Olesya Vladykina | Russia | 1:20.20 |
| 4 | 6 | Mariann Vestbostad | Norway | 1:22.17 |
| 5 | 2 | Jin Xiaoqin | China | 1:22.99 |
| 6 | 8 | Maddison Elliott | Australia | 1:23.25 |
| 7 | 7 | Mallory Weggemann | United States | 1:23.36 |
| 8 | 1 | Lu Weiyuan | China | 1:23.56 |

'Q = qualified for final. DNS = Did not start.

