Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S7
# Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S7

The women's 100m backstroke S7 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 30 August. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

## Results

### Heats

Competed from 10:47.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Jacqueline Freney | Australia | 1:23.34 | Q, PR |
| 2 | 3 | Susannah Rodgers | Great Britain | 1:26.09 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Rebecca Dubber | New Zealand | 1:26.26 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Brianna Nelson | Canada | 1:29.30 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Sarah Mehain | Canada | 1:31.07 | |
| 6 | 7 | Kim Jieun | South Korea | 1:33.41 | AS |
| 7 | 1 | Oxana Guseva | Russia | 1:35.09 | |
| 8 | 8 | Mina Marie Heyerdal Klausen | Norway | 1:38.75 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Kirsten Bruhn | Germany | 1:25.12 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Cortney Jordan | United States | 1:27.62 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Katrina Porter | Australia | 1:27.80 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Zhang Ying | China | 1:27.89 | Q, AS |
| 5 | 7 | Verena Schott | Germany | 1:30.43 | |
| 6 | 1 | Jessica Sarai Aviles Hernandez | Mexico | 1:37.28 | |
| 7 | 6 | Susana Ribeiro | Brazil | 1:39.28 | |
| 8 | 8 | Meri-Maari Makinen | Finland | 1:42.69 | |

### Final

Competed at 19:00.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Jacqueline Freney | Australia | 1:22.84 | PR |
| | 5 | Kirsten Bruhn | Germany | 1:25.22 | |
| | 2 | Cortney Jordan | United States | 1:25.33 | |
| 4 | 1 | Zhang Ying | China | 1:25.63 | AS |
| 5 | 6 | Rebecca Dubber | New Zealand | 1:25.80 | |
| 6 | 3 | Susannah Rodgers | Great Britain | 1:26.03 | |
| 7 | 7 | Katrina Porter | Australia | 1:26.64 | |
| 8 | 8 | Brianna Nelson | Canada | 1:30.17 | |

'Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record. AS = Asian Record.

