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

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.

Women's 100 metre backstroke S14 at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates	8 September 2016
Competitors	9 from 8 nations
Medalists
Bethany Firth  Great Britain Marlou van der Kulk  Netherlands Jessica-Jane Applegate  Great Britain

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
	4	Bethany Firth	Great Britain	1:04.05	WR
	5	Marlou van der Kulk	Netherlands	1:06.33
	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

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