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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
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates8 September
Competitors9 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bethany Firth  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marlou van der Kulk  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jessica-Jane Applegate  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.

Records

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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

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Heat 1

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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

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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

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Bethany Firth  Great Britain 1:04.05 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Marlou van der Kulk  Netherlands 1:06.33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  • "Women's 100m Backstroke - S14". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 8 September 2016.[permanent dead link]