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

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

Schedule

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]	S6; S12
Day 2	22 Sept [3]	S8; S14
Day 3	23 Sept	S2
Day 4	24 Spt	S7; S13
Day 5	25 Sept
Day 6	26 Sept	S9; S11
Day 7	27 Sept	S10

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
S2
S6	Yuyan Jiang   China	Nora Meister   Switzerland	Anna Hontar   Ukraine
S7
S8	Alice Tai   Great Britain	Viktoriia Ishchiulova   Individual Neutral Athletes	Mira Jeanne Maack   Germany
S9
S10
S11
S12	Maria Carolina Santiago   Brazil	Ela Letton-Jones   Great Britain	Astrid Carroll   Great Britain
S13
S14	Poppy Maskill   Great Britain	Bethany Firth   Great Britain	Georgia Sheffield   Great Britain

Race summaries

S2

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 ^[4] :

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

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Haideé Aceves  (MEX)	S2			2:21.79
			Zsanett Adami-Rozsa  (HUN)	S2			3:13.67
			Ebrar Bilge  (TUR)	S2			3:20.89
			Katarina Draganov-Cordas  (SRB)	S2			3:15.30
			Elif Ildem  (TUR)	S1			3:26.42
			Diana Koltsova  (AIN)	S2			2:27.90
			Teresa Perales  (ESP)	S2			2:37.53
			Angela Procida  (ITA)	S2			2:24.48
			Fabiola Ramírez  (MEX)	S2			2:32.79
			Areti Aravela Spyridou  (GRE)	S2			3:45.51
			Arjola Trimi  (ITA)	S2			2:31.32
			Yip Pin Xiu  (SGP)	S2			2:17.20

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S6

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 ^[4] :

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

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
	4	Jiang Yuyan  (CHN)	1:20.13	CR
	6	Nora Meister  (SUI)	1:24.47
	3	Anna Hontar  (UKR)	1:25.02
4	5	Verena Schott  (GER)	1:26.35
5	2	Zhu Ji  (CHN)	1:26.90
6	7	Natalya Zvyagintseva  (KAZ)	1:37.74
7	1	Gabriele Cepaviciute  (LTU)	1:42.11
8	8	Shay Bar Nitzan  (ISR)	1:43.58

S7

The women's 100 metre backstroke S7 event will be held on 24 September. Thirteen 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 ^[4] :

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

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Signe Bergqvist  (SWE)	S7			1:31.66
			Anna Bogatyreva  (AIN)	S7			1:34.24
			Danielle Dorris  (CAN)	S7			1:24.71
			Julia Gaffney  (USA)	S7			1:24.58
			Veronika Korzhova  (UKR)	S7			1:24.54
			Sara Miranda Corrales  (CRC)	S7			1:34.04
			Cheuk Yan Ng  (HKG)	S7			1:38.97
			Siomha Nic Bradaigh  (IRL)	S7			1:33.53
			Leyre Orti Campos  (ESP)	S7			1:28.87
			Naomi Somellera Mandujano  (MEX)	S7			1:37.02
			Nicola St Clair Maitland  (SWE)	S7			1:27.06
			Sara Vargas Blanco  (COL)	S7			1:26.47
			Mallory Weggemann  (USA)	S7			1:27.78

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S8

The women's 100 metre backstroke S8 event will be held on 22 September. Ten 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 ^[4] :

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

Heats

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

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
	4	Alice Tai  (GBR)	1:13.04
	5	Viktoriia Ishchiulova  (AIN)	1:16.36
	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

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S9

The women's 100 metre backstroke S9 event will be held on 26 September. Eleven 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 ^[4] :

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

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Vittoria Bianco  (ITA)	S9			1:16.30
			Johanne Froekjaer  (DEN)	S9			1:14.49
			Mary Jibb  (CAN)	S9			1:12.33
			Elena Kliachkina  (AIN)	S9			1:14.27
			Beatriz Lerida Maldonado  (ESP)	S9			1:12.26
			Liu Ying  (CHN)	S9			1:12.95
			Ema Maeda  (JPN)	S9			1:19.50
			Nuria Marques Soto  (ESP)	S9			1:09.24
			Emma Mecic  (CRO)	S9			1:14.18
			Aleksandra Ochtera  (POL)	S9			1:16.92
			Mariana Ribeiro  (BRA)	S9			1:08.42

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S10

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 ^[4] :

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

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Katie Cosgriffe  (CAN)	S10			1:08.26
			Nini Geladze  (GEO)	S10			1:31.05
			Jasmine Greenwood  (AUS)	S10			1:09.43
			Arianna Hunsicker  (CAN)	S10			1:15.15
			Defne Kurt  (TUR)	S10			1:14.22
			Freja Kvist  (DEN)	S10			1:17.82
			Bianka Pap  (HUN)	S10			1:07.97
			Emeline Pierre  (FRA)	S10			1:09.44
			Taylor Winnett  (USA)	S10			1:12.58

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S11

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 ^[4] :

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

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Tomomi Ishiura  (JPN)	S11			1:17.56
			Varvara Kniazeva  (AIN)	S11			1:21.51
			Daria Lukianenko  (AIN)	S11			1:16.64
			Ma Jia  (CHN)	S11			1:17.13
			Analuz Pellitero  (ARG)	S11			1:18.02
			Martina Rabbolini  (ITA)	S11			1:24.21
			Anastasiia Shevchenko  (AIN)	S11			1:19.95
			Sophie Jin Wen Soon  (SGP)	S11			1:30.97
			Kateryna Tkachuk  (UKR)	S11			1:19.71

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S12

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 ^[4] :

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

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
	4	Maria Carolina Santiago  (BRA)	1:09.42
	3	Ela Letton-Jones  (GBR)	1:12.44
	2	Astrid Carroll  (GBR)	1:12.97
4	5	Maria Delgado Nadal  (ESP)	1:13.35
5	6	Ayano Tsujiuchi  (JPN)	1:14.45
6	7	Karina Petrikovicova  (SVK)	1:15.70
7	1	Naomi Maike Schwarz  (GER)	1:16.72
8	8	Jietong Zheng  (CHN)	1:19.23

S13

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 ^[4] :

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

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
		Carlotta Gilli  (ITA)	S13			1:08.08
		Mubinabonu Khalilova  (UZB)	S13			1:21.40
		Thea Lokebo  (NOR)	S13			1:21.68
		Roisin Ni Riain  (IRL)	S13			1:06.69
		Gia Pergolini  (USA)	S13			1:04.93
		Danika Vyncke  (RSA)	S13			1:17.36
		Aleksandra Ziablitseva  (AIN)	S13			1:09.46

S14

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 final ^[1] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[4] :

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

Heats

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

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
	6	Poppy Maskill  (GBR)	1:05.09
	4	Bethany Firth  (GBR)	1:05.54
	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

References

1. Singapore 2025 Event guide
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3. Frodyma, Terin (2025-09-22). "Records Continue to Fall as Jiang, Hance, Engel, and Araujo Break WRs: Para Worlds Day 2 Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
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