2025 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The Women's 100 metre backstroke events at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships were held at the Singapore Aquatic Centre between 21 and 27 September 2025.[1]

Schedule

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100 metre backstroke events for women will be held across the following schedule:[1]

women's 100 metre backstroke
Day Date Classifications
Day 1 21 Sept[2][3] S6; S12
Day 2 22 Sept[4][5] S8; S14
Day 3 23 Sept[6][7] S2
Day 4 24 Sept[8][9] S7; S13
Day 5 25 Sept
Day 6 26 Sept S9; S11
Day 7 27 Sept S10

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
S2
Details
Diana Koltsova
 Individual Neutral Athletes
Yip Pin Xiu
 Singapore
Angela Procida
 Italy
S6
Details
Yuyan Jiang
 China
Nora Meister
 Switzerland
Anna Hontar
 Ukraine
S7
Details
Veronika Korzhova
 Ukraine
Danielle Dorris
 Canada
Mallory Weggemann
 United States
S8
Details
Alice Tai
 Great Britain
Viktoriia Ishchiulova
 Individual Neutral Athletes
Mira Jeanne Maack
 Germany
S9
Details
Mariana Ribeiro
 Brazil
Núria Marquès
 Spain
Mary Jibb
 Canada
S10
Details
Defne Kurt
 Turkey
Katie Cosgriffe
 Canada
Bianka Pap
 Hungary
S11
Details
Daria Lukianenko
 Individual Neutral Athletes
Varvara Kniazeva
 Individual Neutral Athletes
Anastasiia Shevchenko
 Individual Neutral Athletes
S12
Details
Carol Santiago
 Brazil
Ela Letton-Jones
 Great Britain
Astrid Carroll
 Great Britain
S13
Details
Gia Pergolini
 United States
Róisín Ní Ríain
 Ireland
Carlotta Gilli
 Italy
S14
Details
Poppy Maskill
 Great Britain
Bethany Firth
 Great Britain
Georgia Sheffield
 Great Britain

Race summaries

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The women's 100 metre backstroke S2 event will be held on 23 September. Twelve swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final.[1] Swimmers under the S1 classification are eleigible for this event.

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows:[10]

Record Athlete Time City Country
S1
World Ingrid Thunem (NOR)02:25.6Kristiansand Norway
Americas Eden Schroeder (USA)03:43.0Indianapolis United States
European Ingrid Thunem (NOR)02:25.6Kristiansand Norway
S2
World Pin Xiu Yip (SGP)2:07.09Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Championship Pin Xiu Yip (SGP)2:15.16Funchal Portugal
Americas Haidee Viviana Aceves Perez (MEX)02:21.8Paris France
Asian Pin Xiu Yip (SGP)02:07.1Rio de Janeiro Brazil
European Ganna Ielisavetska (UKR)02:16.3Eindhoven Netherlands

Heats

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RankHeatLaneAthleteClassResultNotes
124 Yip Pin Xiu (SGP)S22:20.37Q
223 Arjola Trimi (ITA)S22:27.72Q
325 Angela Procida (ITA)S22:31.11Q
413 Fabiola Ramírez (MEX)S22:31.23Q
514 Haideé Aceves (MEX)S22:36.47Q
615 Diana Koltsova (AIN)S22:38.32Q
712 Ebrar Bilge (TUR)S23:11.60Q
822 Katarina Draganov-Cordas (SRB)S23:26.60Q
916 Zsanett Adami-Rozsa (HUN)S23:33.56
1025 Elif Ildem (TUR)S13:39.83
1117 Areti Aravela Spyridou (GRE)S23:52.63
26 Teresa Perales (ESP)S2DNS

Final

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Rank Lane Athlete Class Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7  Diana Koltsova (AIN) S2 2:19.60
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4  Yip Pin Xiu (SGP) S2 2:23.73
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3  Angela Procida (ITA) S2 2:32.32
4 6  Fabiola Ramírez (MEX) S2 2:32.41
5 2  Haideé Aceves (MEX) S2 2:33.18
6 5  Arjola Trimi (ITA) S2 2:34.42
7 1  Ebrar Bilge (TUR) S2 3:12.33
8 8  Katarina Draganov-Cordas (SRB) S2 3:48.28

The women's 100 metre backstroke S6 event will be held on 21 September. Eight swimmers will take part in a direct final.[1] The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows:[10]

Record Athlete Time City Country
World Jiang Yuyan (CHN)1:19.44Paris France
Championship Shelby Newkirk (CAN)1:20.62Manchester United Kingdom
African Caitlin Botha (NAM)03:27.9Limoges France
Americas Ellie Marks (USA)01:19.6Tokyo Japan
Asian Jiang Yuyan (CHN)01:19.4Paris France
European Verena Schott (GER)01:21.2Tokyo Japan
Oceania Tiffany Thomas Kane (AUS)01:29.3Glasgow United Kingdom

Final

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RankLaneAthleteTimeNote
1st place, gold medalist(s)4 Jiang Yuyan (CHN)1:20.13CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)6 Nora Meister (SUI)1:24.47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3 Anna Hontar (UKR)1:25.02
45 Verena Schott (GER)1:26.35
52 Zhu Ji (CHN)1:26.90
67 Natalya Zvyagintseva (KAZ)1:37.74
71 Gabriele Cepaviciute (LTU)1:42.11
88 Shay Bar Nitzan (ISR)1:43.58

The women's 100 metre backstroke S7 event will be held on 24 September.[1]

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows:[10]

Record Athlete Time City Country
World Julia Gaffney (USA)1:19.47Indianapolis United States
Championship Ellie Marks (USA)1:20.60London United Kingdom
African Ann Wacuka (KEN)02:31.4Nairobi Kenya
Americas Julia Gaffney (USA)01:19.5Indianapolis United States
Asian Ke Liting (CHN)01:22.7Rio de Janeiro Brazil
European Kirsten Bruhn (GER)01:21.6Sheffield United Kingdom
Oceania Jacqueline Freney (AUS)01:22.8London United Kingdom

Heats

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Thirteen swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final[9][8]

RankHeatLaneAthleteClassTimeNotes
125 Danielle Dorris (CAN)S71:22.13Q
224 Veronika Korzhova (UKR)S71:22.25Q
313 Mallory Weggemann (USA)S71:24.13Q
414 Julia Gaffney (USA)S71:24.91Q
515 Sara Vargas Blanco (COL)S71:25.90Q
626 Leyre Orti Campos (ESP)S71:30.37Q
716 Signe Bergqvist (SWE)S71:31.82Q
827 Anna Bogatyreva (AIN)S71:32.05Q
923 Nicola St Clair Maitland (SWE)S71:32.33
1021 Ng Cheuk Yan (HKG)S71:37.05
1122 Siomha Nic Bradaigh (IRL)S71:37.26
1212 Sara Miranda Corrales (CRC)S71:38.26
17  Somellera Mandujan (MEX)S7DNS

Final

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RankLaneAthleteTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)5 Veronika Korzhova (UKR)1:22.10
2nd place, silver medalist(s)4 Danielle Dorris (CAN)1:23.10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3 Mallory Weggemann (USA)1:23.61
42 Sara Vargas Blanco (COL)1:24.10
56 Julia Gaffney (USA)1:24.37
67 Leyre Orti Campos (ESP)1:30.55
71 Signe Bergqvist (SWE)1:32.85
88 Anna Bogatyreva (AIN)1:33.44

The women's 100 metre backstroke S8 event will be held on 22 September.[1] The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows:[10]

Record Athlete Time City Country
World Alice Tai (GBR)1:08.04London United Kingdom
Championship Alice Tai (GBR)1:08.04London United Kingdom
African Husnah Kukundakwe (UGA)01:34.2Sheffield United Kingdom
Americas Jessica Long (USA)01:17.6Eindhoven Netherlands
Asian Zheng Tingting (CHN)01:19.0Paris France
European Alice Tai (GBR)01:08.0London United Kingdom
Oceania Tupou Neiufi (NZL)01:15.4London United Kingdom

Heats

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Ten swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final[4]

Rank Heat Lane Athlete Time Note
1 1 4  Alice Tai (GBR) 1:19.19 Q
2 1 5  Viktoriia Ishchiulova (AIN) 1:19.22 Q
3 1 6  Tingting Zheng (CHN) 1:20.19 Q
4 1 3  Mira Jeanne Maack (GER) 1:20.66 Q
5 1 1  Hui Zhu (CHN) 1:21.92 Q
6 1 7  Alexandra Borska (CZE) 1:22.23 Q
7 1 8  Paola Ruvalcaba (MEX) 1:25.90 Q
8 1 9  Paula Novina (CRO) 1:26.50 Q
9 1 0  Vendula Duskova (CZE) 1:29.01 R
10 1 2  Xenia Francesca Palazzo (ITA) 1:36.33 R

Final

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Rank Lane Athlete Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  Alice Tai (GBR) 1:13.04
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5  Viktoriia Ishchiulova (AIN) 1:16.36
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6  Mira Jeanne Maack (GER) 1:19.38
4 3  Tingting Zheng (CHN) 1:19.65
5 2  Hui Zhu (CHN) 1:20.87
6 7  Alexandra Borska (CZE) 1:21.83
7 8  Paula Novina (CRO) 1:25.82
8 1  Paola Ruvalcaba (MEX) 1:26.08

The women's 100 metre backstroke S9 event will be held on 26 September.[1]

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows:[10]

Record Athlete Time City Country
World Sophie Pascoe (NZL)1:07.41Auckland New Zealand
Championship Sophie Pascoe (NZL)1:07.49London United Kingdom
African Natalie Du Toit (RSA)01:09.8Eindhoven Netherlands
Americas Christie Raleigh-Crossley (USA)01:07.9Paris France
Asian Liu Ying (CHN)01:12.9Paris France
European Alice Tai (GBR)01:07.7Sheffield United Kingdom
Oceania Sophie Pascoe (NZL)01:07.4Auckland New Zealand

Heats

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Eleven swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final,

Rank Heat Lane Athlete Class Time Notes
1 1 4  Nuria Marques Soto (ESP) S9 1:10.97 Q
2 2 4  Mariana Ribeiro (BRA) S9 1:11.37 Q
3 2 3  Ying Liu (CHN) S9 1:12.57 Q
4 1 5  Mary Jibb (CAN) S9 1:13.07 Q
5 2 5  Beatriz Lerida Maldonado (ESP) S9 1:13.20 Q
6 1 3  Emma Mecic (CRO) S9 1:14.08 Q
7 2 6  Elena Kliachkina (AIN) S9 1:14.65 Q
8 1 2  Aleksandra Ochtera (POL) S9 1:16.49 Q
9 1 6  Johanne Froekjaer (DEN) S9 1:17.07
10 2 7  Ema Maeda (JPN) S9 1:18.94
11 2 2  Vittoria Bianco (ITA) S9 1:20.20

Final

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RankLaneAthleteTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)5 Mariana Ribeiro (BRA)1:08.79
2nd place, silver medalist(s)4 Nuria Marques Soto (ESP)1:09.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)6 Mary Jibb (CAN)1:10.63
43 Ying Liu (CHN)1:11.95ASR
52 Beatriz Lerida (ESP)1:13.50
67 Emma Mecic (CRO)1:14.37
71 Elena Kliachkina (AIN)1:14.68
88 Aleksandra Ochtera (POL)1:15.32

The women's 100 metre backstroke S10 event will be held on 27 September. Nine swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final.[1]

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows:[10]

Record Athlete Time City Country
World Summer Mortimer (NED)1:05.86Glasgow United Kingdom
Championship Summer Mortimer (NED)1:05.86Glasgow United Kingdom
African Shireen Sapiro (RSA)01:09.0London United Kingdom
Americas Summer Mortimer (CAN)01:05.9London United Kingdom
Asian Chen Yi (CHN)01:12.2Paris France
European Summer Mortimer (NED)01:05.9Glasgow United Kingdom
Oceania Sophie Pascoe (NZL)01:06.0Montreal Canada

Heats

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RankHeatLaneAthleteClassTimeNotes
117 Defne Kurt (TUR)S101:07.82Q
215 Katie Cosgriffe (CAN)S101:08.08Q
314 Bianka Pap (HUN)S101:08.99Q
413 Jasmine Greenwood (AUS)S101:11.19Q
516 Emeline Pierre (FRA)S101:11.38Q
612 Taylor Winnett (USA)S101:14.02Q
711 Arianna Hunsicker (CAN)S101:18.21Q
818 Freja Kvist (DEN)S101:19.52Q
910 Nini Geladze (GEO)S101:27.37

Final

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RankLaneAthleteTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)4 Defne Kurt (TUR)1:06.95
2nd place, silver medalist(s)5 Katie Cosgriffe (CAN)1:07.37
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3 Bianka Pap (HUN)1:07.85
46 Jasmine Greenwood (AUS)1:10.26
52 Emeline Pierre (FRA)1:10.82
67 Taylor Winnett (USA)1:13.17
71 Arianna Hunsicker (CAN)1:15.59
88 Freja Kvist (DEN)1:19.35

The women's 100 metre backstroke event will be held on 26 September. Nine swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final.[1] The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows:[10]

Record Athlete Time City Country
World Cai Liwen (CHN)1:13.46Tokyo Japan
Championship Wang Xinyi (CHN)1:15.20Manchester United Kingdom
African Renette Bloem (RSA)01:43.0Eindhoven Netherlands
Americas Analuz Pellitero (ARG)01:17.6Manchester United Kingdom
Asian Cai Liwen (CHN)01:13.5Tokyo Japan
European Daria Lukianenko (IPC)01:16.6Paris France
Oceania Mary Fisher (NZL)01:18.0Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Heats

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RankHeatLaneAthleteClassTimeNotes
111 Varvara Kniazeva (AIN)S111:16.06Q EUR
212 Kateryna Tkachuk (UKR)S111:20.03Q
317 Anastasiia Shevchenko (AIN)S111:20.06Q
414 Daria Lukianenko (AIN)S111:20.41Q
513 Tomomi Ishiura (JPN)S111:20.78Q
616 Analuz Pellitero (ARG)S111:25.19Q
718 Martina Rabbolini (ITA)S111:26.80Q
815 Jia Ma (CHN)S111:27.04Q
910 Sophie Jin Wen Soon (SGP)S111:30.84

Final

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RankLaneAthleteTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)6 Daria Lukianenko (AIN)1:16.80
2nd place, silver medalist(s)4 Varvara Kniazeva (AIN)1:16.94
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3 Anastasiia Shevchenko (AIN)1:21.14
45 Kateryna Tkachuk (UKR)1:21.41
57 Analuz Pellitero (ARG)1:22.27
62 Tomomi Ishiura (JPN)1:22.66
78 Jia Ma (CHN)1:23.32
81 Martina Rabbolini (ITA)1:25.17

The women's 100 metre backstroke S12 event will be held on 21 September. Eight swimmers will take part in a direct final.[1]

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows:[10]

Record Athlete Time City Country
World Hannah Russell (GBR)1:06.06Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Championship Daria Pikalova (RUS)1:06.75Glasgow United Kingdom
Americas Carol Santiago (BRA)01:08.2Paris France
Asian Zhu Yonggang (CHN)01:08.9Athens Greece
European Hannah Russell (GBR)01:06.1Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Oceania Jenna Jones (AUS)01:12.3Manchester United Kingdom

Final

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RankLaneAthleteTimeNote
1st place, gold medalist(s)4 Carol Santiago (BRA)1:09.42
2nd place, silver medalist(s)3 Ela Letton-Jones (GBR)1:12.44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2 Astrid Carroll (GBR)1:12.97
45 Maria Delgado Nadal (ESP)1:13.35
56 Ayano Tsujiuchi (JPN)1:14.45
67 Karina Petrikovicova (SVK)1:15.70
71 Naomi Maike Schwarz (GER)1:16.72
88 Jietong Zheng (CHN)1:19.23

The women's 100 metre backstroke event will be held on 24 September. Seven swimmers will take part in a direct final.[1] The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows:[10]

Record Athlete Time City Country
World Gia Pergolini (USA)1:04.64Tokyo Japan
Championship Gia Pergolini (USA)1:04.80Funchal Portugal
African Danika Vyncke (RSA)01:24.3Manchester United Kingdom
Americas Gia Pergolini (USA)01:04.6Tokyo Japan
Asian Nigorakhon Mirzokhidova (UZB)01:06.4Singapore Singapore
European Carlotta Gilli (ITA)01:05.6Funchal Portugal
Oceania Katja Dedekind (AUS)01:06.0Funchal Portugal

Final

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RankLaneAthleteClassResultNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)4 Gia Pergolini (USA)S131:05.49
2nd place, silver medalist(s)5 Róisín Ní Ríain (IRL)S131:06.26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3 Carlotta Gilli (ITA)S131:07.87
46 Aleksandra Ziablitseva (AIN)S131:11.09
52 Danika Vyncke (RSA)S131:15.99AF
61 Thea Lokebo (NOR)S131:23.56
77 Mubinabonu Khalilova (UZB)S131:25.21

The women's 100 metre backstroke S14 event will be held on 22 September. ten swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing from heats to the final.[1]

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows:[10]

Record Athlete Time City Country
World Bethany Firth (GBR)1:04.05Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Championship Bethany Firth (GBR)1:05.80Manchester United Kingdom
European Bethany Firth (GBR)1:04.05Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Athlete Time Note
1 1 5  Bethany Firth (GBR) 1:07.18 Q
2 1 3  Georgia Sheffield (GBR) 1:07.63 Q
3 1 4  Poppy Maskill (GBR) 1:09.59 Q
4 1 2  Ana Karolina Soares (BRA) 1:10.73 Q
5 1 6  Valeriia Shabalina (AIN) 1:11.61 Q
6 1 7  Emma van Dyk (CAN) 1:12.17 Q
7 1 8  Nattharinee Khajhonmatha (THA) 1:12.64 Q
8 1 1  Citli Siloe Salinas Rojas (MEX) 1:13.78 Q
9 1 0  Mikika Serizawa (JPN) 1:14.59 R

Final

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Rank Lane Athlete Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6  Poppy Maskill (GBR) 1:05.09
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4  Bethany Firth (GBR) 1:05.54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5  Georgia Sheffield (GBR) 1:06.27
4 2  Valeriia Shabalina (AIN) 1:08.90
5 3  Ana Karolina Soares  (BRA) 1:10.96
6 7  Emma Van Dyk (CAN) 1:12.27
7 8  Nattharinee Khajhonmatha (THA) 1:12.56
8 1  Citli Siloe Salinas Rojas (MEX) 1:14.07

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