The women's 100 metre backstroke S9 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 31 August, at the London Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park, London. The event was for athletes included in the S9 classification, which is for competitors with physical impairments. Ten swimmers took part, representing a total of seven different nations. Australia's Ellie Cole won the gold medal.
Results Key Qualified for next round AS = Asian record OC = Oceania record
Heats Two heats were held, each with five swimmers; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final. The heats took place on 31 August starting at 10:38 BST.
Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Ellie Cole 1:10.74 Q 2 5 Elizabeth Stone 1:13.28Q 3 3 Longjuan Dun 1:14.99 Q, AS 4 6 Emily Gray 1:15.59 Q 5 2 Shanntol Ince 1:22.14
Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Stephanie Millward 1:10.81 Q 2 4 Natalie du Toit 1:12.54Q 3 3 Amy Marren 1:14.21 Q 4 2 Christiane Reppe 1:17.55 Q 5 6 Ping Lin 1:19.32
Final Australia's Ellie Cole won the gold medal in a time of one minutes, 9.42 seconds, setting a new Oceania record. Great Britain's Stephanie Millward took silver and Elizabeth Stone won bronze. Eleven time Paralympic champion Natalie du Toit finished fourth. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes4 Ellie Cole 1:09.42OC5 Stephanie Millward 1:11.076 Elizabeth Stone 1:12.2843 Natalie du Toit 1:12.5652 Amy Marren 1:14.3167 Longjuan Dun 1:15.4871 Emily Gray 1:16.6588 Christiane Reppe 1:17.88
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