title: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S8
text: # Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S8
  
  The men'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 09:30.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Thomas Young | Great Britain | 1:09.54 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Sean Fraser | Great Britain | 1:10.02 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Niels Korfitz Mortensen | Denmark | 1:11.56 | Q |
  | 4 | 6 | Alexey Fomenkov | Russia | 1:12.44 | |
  | 5 | 3 | Yang Xiusen | China | 1:13.75 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Rudy Garcia-Tolson | United States | 1:17.58 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Konstantin Lisenkov | Russia | 1:07.20 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Denis Tarasov | Russia | 1:07.90 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Oliver Hynd | Great Britain | 1:08.59 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Ander Romarate Aguirre | Spain | 1:12.00 | Q |
  | 5 | 6 | Mikkel Asmussen | Denmark | 1:12.09 | Q |
  | 6 | 7 | Caio Oliveira | Brazil | 1:16.72 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  Competed at 17:30.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Konstantin Lisenkov | Russia | 1:05.43 | PR |
  | | 5 | Denis Tarasov | Russia | 1:06.93 | |
  | | 3 | Oliver Hynd | Great Britain | 1:08.35 | |
  | 4 | 6 | Thomas Young | Great Britain | 1:08.91 | |
  | 5 | 2 | Sean Fraser | Great Britain | 1:09.67 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Niels Korfitz Mortensen | Denmark | 1:10.63 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Ander Romarate Aguirre | Spain | 1:12.01 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Mikkel Asmussen | Denmark | 1:12.44 | |
  
  Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record.
  
  