Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S7

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Women's 100 metre backstroke S7
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates8 September 2016
Competitors14 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Liting Ke  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ying Zhang  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rebecca Dubber  New Zealand

The women's 100 metre backstroke S7 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 8 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final. Two heats were held, each with seven swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Records[edit]

Prior to the competition, the World and Paralympic records were:

World record  Kirsten Bruhn (GER) 1:21.57 Sheffield, Great Britain 6 April 2012
Paralympic record  Jacqueline Freney (AUS) 1:22.84 London, Great Britain 30 August 2012
2016 World leading  Rebecca Dubber (NZL) 1:24.92 Auckland, New Zealand 29 March 2016

Heats[edit]

Heat 1[edit]

12:04 8 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Rebecca Dubber  New Zealand 1:23.62 Q
2 3 Nikita Howarth  New Zealand 1:24.69 Q
3 4 Yajing Huang  China 1:25.34 Q
4 6 Denise Grahl  Germany 1:28.08 Q
5 2 Tess Routliffe  Canada 1:29.96
6 7 Arianna Talamona  Italy 1:33.46
7 1 Meri-Maari Makinen  Finland 1:39.56

Heat 2[edit]

12:08 8 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Liting Ke  China 1:22.72 PR Q
2 5 Ying Zhang  China 1:24.97 Q
3 6 McKenzie Coan  United States 1:25.34 Q
4 3 Cortney Jordan  United States 1:25.54 Q
5 2 Verena Schott  Germany 1:28.12
6 7 Sarah Mehain  Canada 1:32.65
7 1 Brenda Tilk  Estonia 1:38.99

Final[edit]

20:39 8 September 2016:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Liting Ke  China 1:23.06
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Ying Zhang  China 1:23.34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Rebecca Dubber  New Zealand 1:23.85
4 2 Yajing Huang  China 1:24.53
5 7 McKenzie Coan  United States 1:25.17
6 3 Nikita Howarth  New Zealand 1:25.37
7 1 Cortney Jordan  United States 1:25.95
8 8 Denise Grahl  Germany 1:29.87

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Women's 100m Backstroke - S7 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Women's 100m Backstroke - S7 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.