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

Women's 100 metre backstroke S9 at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates	16 September
Competitors	18 from 15 nations
Medalists
Ellie Cole   Australia   Nuria Marques Soto   Spain   Hannah Aspden   United States

Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8
	S9	S10	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle	S3	S5	S6	S7	S8
	S9	S10	S11	S13
200 m freestyle	S5	S14
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S13
50 m backstroke	S2	S3	S4	S5
100 m backstroke	S2	S6	S7	S8	S9
	S10	S11	S12	S13	S14
50 m breaststroke	SB3
100 m breaststroke	SB4	SB5	SB6	SB7	SB8
	SB9	SB11	SB13	SB14
50 m butterfly	S5	S6	S7
100 m butterfly	S8	S9	S10	S13
150 m medley	SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM13	SM14
Freestyle relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)

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	Aspden, HannahHannah Aspden	United States	1.11.78	Q
2	5	Wang, JiexinJiexin Wang	China	1:14.14	Q
3	6	Xu, JailingJailing Xu	China	1:18.74
4	3	Cruz, CamilleCamille Cruz	Brazil	1:20.20
5	2	Ketkeraw, AnchayaAnchaya Ketkeraw	Thailand	1:21.66
6	7	Acuna Sanchez, Paolo AlexandraPaolo Alexandra Acuna Sanchez	Puerto Rico	1:26.61

Heat 2

09:56 16 September 2016

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Marques Soto, NurioaNurioa Marques Soto	Spain	1:11.22	Q
2	5	Marren, AmyAmy Marren	Great Britain	1:14.06	Q
3	3	Keane, EllenEllen Keane	Ireland	1:15.44	Q
4	6	Neiuf, TupouTupou Neiuf	New Zealand	1:15.68	Q
5	7	Haas Quiros, CamilaCamila Haas Quiros	Costa Rica	1:23.12
6	2	Secci, FrancescaFrancesca Secci	Italy		DSQ

Heat 3

10:00 16 September 2016

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Cole, EllieEllie Cole	Australia	1:11.22	Q
2	5	Smith, ElizabethElizabeth Smith	United States	1:15.06	Q
3	6	Gray, EmilyEmily Gray	South Africa	1:16.42
4	3	Konkoly, ZsofiaZsofia Konkoly	Hungary	1:17.26
5	2	Ichinose, MaiMai Ichinose	Japan	1:20.76
6	7	Sims, NatalieNatalie Sims	United States	1:21.16

Final

17:50 16 September 2016

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	5	Cole, EllieEllie Cole	Australia	1:09.18	PR
02 !	4	Marques Soto, NuriaNuria Marques Soto	Spain	1:09.57
03 !	3	Aspden, HannahHannah Aspden	United States	1:10.67
4	2	Wang, JiesinJiesin Wang	China	1:13.54
5	7	Smith, ElizabethElizabeth Smith	United States	1:14.48
6	6	Marren, AmyAmy Marren	Great Britain	1:14.58
7	8	Neiufi, TupouTupou Neiufi	New Zealand	1:14.94
8	1	Keane, EllenEllen Keane	Ireland	1:16.27

References

• "Women's 100m Backstroke - S9 - Heats". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 30 September 2016. 
• "Women's 100m Backstroke - S8 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 30 September 2016.