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

Event:Women's 100 metre backstroke S9
Games:2016 Summer
Venue:Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates:16 September
Competitors:18
Nations:15
Gold:Ellie Cole
Goldnpc:AUS
Silver:Nuria Marqués Soto
Silvernpc:ESP
Bronze:Hannah Aspden
Bronzenpc:USA

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 record1:08.67Glasgow, Scotland13 July 2015
Paralympic record1:09.30Beijing, China13 September 2008

Source: Web site: Rio Results Book - Event No. 125 . Rio 2016 . 1 October 2016 .

Heats

Heat 1

09:52 16 September 2016

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 4 1.11.78 Q
2 5 1:14.14 Q
3 6 1:18.74
4 3 1:20.20
5 2 1:21.66
6 7 1:26.61

Heat 2

09:56 16 September 2016

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 4 1:11.22 Q
2 5 1:14.06 Q
3 3 1:15.44Q
4 6 1:15.68 Q
5 7 1:23.12
6 2 DSQ

Heat 3

10:00 16 September 2016

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 4 1:11.22 Q
2 5 1:15.06 Q
3 6 1:16.42
4 3 1:17.26
5 2 1:20.76
6 7 1:21.16

Final

17:50 16 September 2016

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5 1:09.18
4 1:09.57
3 1:10.67
4 2 1:13.54
5 7 1:14.48
6 6 1:14.58
7 8 1:14.94
8 1 1:16.27

References