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
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates8 September 2016
Competitors9 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Bethany Firth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Marlou van der Kulk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg Jessica-Jane Applegate Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

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.

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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Bethany Firth  (GBR)1:04.70 Glasgow, Great Britain28 March 2015
Paralympic recordFlag of Ireland.svg  Bethany Firth  (IRL)1:08.93 London, Great Britain31 August 2012
2016 World leadingFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Bethany Firth  (GBR)1:04.73 Sheffield, Great Britain27 July 2016

Heats

Heat 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Marlou van der Kulk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:07.23Q
23 Pernilla Lindberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:15.54Q
35 Janina Breuer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:16.26Q
46 Michelle Alonso Morales Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:19.05

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Bethany Firth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:04.53Q, WR
25 Jessica-Jane Applegate Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:08.41Q
36 Kang Jung Eun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:14.14Q
43 Leslie Cichocki Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:16.80Q
52 Xenia Palazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:18.26Q

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Bethany Firth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:04.05WR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Marlou van der Kulk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:06.33
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Jessica-Jane Applegate Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:08.67
46 Kang Jung Eun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:13.95
52 Pernilla Lindberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:15.40
67 Janina Breuer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:16.02
71 Leslie Cichocki Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:16.76
88 Xenia Palazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:17.64

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