Outstanding performances on September 13 saw 14 world records smashed at the National Aquatics Centre, the highest number so far on the same day in the Swimming competition.

Yang Bozun of China twice broke the world record of 1:09.23 set at the Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games by John Morgan of the United States, in the Men's 100m Backstroke - S11. Yang swam 1:08.40 in the heats and improved his time even more in the Final, claiming gold in 1:07.74.

In the Men's 100m Backstroke - S12, Alexander Nevolin-Svetov of Russia won gold and set a world record in 59.37 seconds. Sergii Klippert of Ukraine took silver in 1:00.31 and compatriot Maksym Veraksa of Ukraine got bronze in 1:02.08.

Xu Qing of China set a world record of 30.79 seconds and claimed gold in the Men's 50m Butterfly - S6.

In the Women's 50m Butterfly - S6, Jiang Fuying of China took gold and set a world record of 38.44 seconds. Olena Akopyan of Ukraine, who is a S5 swimmer but competed in this event, set a world record of 40.51s in her class in the Heats.

In the Men's 50m Butterfly - S7, Tian Rong of China defended his title, claiming gold and setting a world record in 30.37s. Matt Walker of Great Britain took silver in 32.24s and Pei Mang of China got bronze in 32.47s.

Huang Min of China was the gold medalist in the Women's 50m Butterfly - S7, setting a world record of 34.47s. Defending champion Erin Popovich of United States missed the chance to win her fifth gold at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games and had to settle for silver in 37.87s. Veronica Almeida of Brazil got bronze in 38.49s.

In the Men's 100m Backstroke - S9, Matthew Cowdrey of Australia had a tight race with defending champion Jarret Perry of Unites States. Over the last few meters, Cowdrey managed to take the edge and claimed gold with a world record of 1:03.34.

Defending champion Stephanie Dixon of Canada won another gold medal in the Women's 100m Backstroke - S9, bettering her world record time, swimming in 1:09.30. Dixon added a first gold to her two silvers and one bronze in the Beijing Games.

In the Men's 100m Backstroke - S10 Final, Justin Zook of United States defended his title claiming gold in 1:01.29, 0.14 seconds over the world record he set in the heats.

For the first time in the competition, two swimmers won the gold medal in the same event with identical times; in the Women's 100m Backstroke - S10. Sophie Pascoe of New Zealand and Shireen Sapiro of South Africa shared the top of the podium and the world record of 1:10.57.

Oleksii Fedyna of Ukraine claimed gold and set a new world record of 1:04.63, finishing well ahead of the pack in the Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB13. Fedyna smashed the world and Paralympic record of 1:08.12 set by Noel Pedersen of Norway in Barcelona 1992.

In the Men's 50m Freestyle - S2, Georgios Kapellakis of Greece took gold in 1:04.85, leaving Curtis Lovejoy's of United States eight-year world record of 01:00.11 the only one intact among all the events on Saturday.

Dmytro Vynohradets of Ukraine was the gold medalist of the Men's 50m Freestyle - S3, improving his qualifying time in over 11 seconds and setting a world record in 42.60.

Patricia Valle of Mexico defended her title in the Women's 50m Freestyle - S3 Final, finishing first in 57.05, only 0.01 second behind the world record set in the heats by Yip Pin Xiu of Singapore. S1 swimmer Danielle Watts of Great Britain competed in this event in the heats and set a Paralympic record in her class of 1:28.74.

(BOCOG September 13, 2008)