Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S9

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Women's 100 metre backstroke S9
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates16 September
Competitors18 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ellie Cole  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nuria Marqués Soto  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hannah Aspden  United States

The women's 100 metre backstroke S9 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 16 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Three heats were held, with six swimmers each. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final, which was won by Australia's Ellie Cole.

Records

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

World record  Ellie Cole (AUS) 1:08.67 Glasgow, Scotland 13 July 2015
Paralympic record  Stephanie Dixon (CAN) 1:09.30 Beijing, China 13 September 2008

Source: "Rio Results Book - Event No. 125" (PDF). Rio 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.

Heats

Heat 1

09:52 16 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Hannah Aspden  United States 1.11.78 Q
2 5 Jiexin Wang  China 1:14.14 Q
3 6 Jailing Xu  China 1:18.74
4 3 Camille Cruz  Brazil 1:20.20
5 2 Anchaya Ketkeraw  Thailand 1:21.66
6 7 Paolo Alexandra Acuna Sanchez  Puerto Rico 1:26.61

Heat 2

09:56 16 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Nuria Marqués Soto  Spain 1:11.22 Q
2 5 Amy Marren  Great Britain 1:14.06 Q
3 3 Ellen Keane  Ireland 1:15.44 Q
4 6 Tupou Neiufi  New Zealand 1:15.68 Q
5 7 Camila Haase Quiros  Costa Rica 1:23.12
6 2 Francesca Secci  Italy DSQ

Heat 3

10:00 16 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Ellie Cole  Australia 1:11.22 Q
2 5 Elizabeth Smith  United States 1:15.06 Q
3 6 Emily Gray  South Africa 1:16.42
4 3 Zsofia Konkoly  Hungary 1:17.26
5 2 Mai Ichinose  Japan 1:20.76
6 7 Natalie Sims  United States 1:21.16

Final

17:50 16 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Ellie Cole  Australia 1:09.18 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Nuria Marqués Soto  Spain 1:09.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Hannah Aspden  United States 1:10.67
4 2 Jiesin Wang  China 1:13.54
5 7 Elizabeth Smith  United States 1:14.48
6 6 Amy Marren  Great Britain 1:14.58
7 8 Tupou Neiufi  New Zealand 1:14.94
8 1 Ellen Keane  Ireland 1:16.27

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