Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S14

Women's 100 metre backstroke S14 at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates	8 September
Competitors	9 from 8 nations
Medalists
Bethany Firth   Great Britain   Marlou van der Kulk   Netherlands   Jessica-Jane Applegate   Great Britain

Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8
	S9	S10	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle	S3	S5	S6	S7	S8
	S9	S10	S11	S13
200 m freestyle	S5	S14
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S13
50 m backstroke	S2	S3	S4	S5
100 m backstroke	S2	S6	S7	S8	S9
	S10	S11	S12	S13	S14
50 m breaststroke	SB3
100 m breaststroke	SB4	SB5	SB6	SB7	SB8
	SB9	SB11	SB13	SB14
50 m butterfly	S5	S6	S7
100 m butterfly	S8	S9	S10	S13
150 m medley	SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM13	SM14
Freestyle relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The women's 100 metre backstroke S14 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 8 September, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held, the first with four swimmer and the second with five swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows.

World record	Bethany Firth (GBR)	1:04.70	Glasgow, Great Britain	28 March 2015
Paralympic record	Bethany Firth (IRL)	1:08.93	London, Great Britain	31 August 2012
2016 World leading	Bethany Firth (GBR)	1:04.73	Sheffield, Great Britain	27 July 2016

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Kulk, Marlou van derMarlou van der Kulk	Netherlands	1:07.23	Q
2	3	Lindberg, PernillaPernilla Lindberg	Sweden	1:15.54	Q
3	5	Breuer, JaninaJanina Breuer	Germany	1:16.26	Q
4	6	Alonso Morales, MichelleMichelle Alonso Morales	Spain	1:19.05

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Firth, BethanyBethany Firth	Great Britain	1:04.53	Q, WR
2	5	Applegate, Jessica-JaneJessica-Jane Applegate	Great Britain	1:08.41	Q
3	6	Kang Jung Eun	South Korea	1:14.14	Q
4	3	Cichocki, LeslieLeslie Cichocki	United States	1:16.80	Q
5	2	Palazzo, XeniaXenia Palazzo	Italy	1:18.26	Q

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Firth, BethanyBethany Firth	Great Britain	1:04.05	WR
	5	Kulk, Marlou van derMarlou van der Kulk	Netherlands	1:06.33
	3	Applegate, Jessica-JaneJessica-Jane Applegate	Great Britain	1:08.67
4	6	Kang Jung Eun	South Korea	1:13.95
5	2	Lindberg, PernillaPernilla Lindberg	Sweden	1:15.40
6	7	Breuer, JaninaJanina Breuer	Germany	1:16.02
7	1	Cichocki, LeslieLeslie Cichocki	United States	1:16.76
8	8	Palazzo, XeniaXenia Palazzo	Italy	1:17.64

References

• "Women's 100m Backstroke - S14". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 8 September 2016.