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

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Women's 100 metre backstroke S14
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates8 September 2016
Competitors9 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bethany Firth  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marlou van der Kulk  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jessica-Jane Applegate  Great Britain
Swimming at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyleS4S5S6S7S8
S9S10S11S12S13
100 m freestyleS3S5S6S7S8
S9S10S11S13
200 m freestyleS5S14
400 m freestyleS6S7S8S9S10
S11S13
50 m backstrokeS2S3S4S5
100 m backstrokeS2S6S7S8S9
S10S11S12S13S14
50 m breaststrokeSB3
100 m breaststrokeSB4SB5SB6SB7SB8
SB9SB11SB13SB14
50 m butterflyS5S6S7
100 m butterflyS8S9S10S13
150 m medleySM4
200 m medleySM6SM7SM8SM9SM10
SM11SM13SM14
Freestyle relays4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays4 × 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 Marlou van der Kulk  Netherlands 1:07.23 Q
2 3 Pernilla Lindberg  Sweden 1:15.54 Q
3 5 Janina Breuer  Germany 1:16.26 Q
4 6 Michelle Alonso Morales  Spain 1:19.05

Heat 2

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

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Bethany Firth  Great Britain 1:04.05 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Marlou van der Kulk  Netherlands 1:06.33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Jessica-Jane Applegate  Great Britain 1:08.67
4 6 Kang Jung Eun  South Korea 1:13.95
5 2 Pernilla Lindberg  Sweden 1:15.40
6 7 Janina Breuer  Germany 1:16.02
7 1 Leslie Cichocki  United States 1:16.76
8 8 Xenia Palazzo  Italy 1:17.64

References

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