Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke
The Women's 100 metre backstroke swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from 25 August to 3 September 2021. A total of ten events were contested over this distance.[1]
Schedule edit
| H | Heats | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Date[2] | Wed 25 | Thu 26 | Fri 27 | Sat 28 | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | ||||||||||
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| Event | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| S2 100m | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| S6 100m | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| S7 100m | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| S8 100m | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| S9 100m | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| S10 100m | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| S11 100m | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| S12 100m | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| S13 100m | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| S14 100m | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal summary edit
The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 100 metre backstroke events.
Results edit
The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women's 100 metre backstroke events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page.
S2 edit
The S2 category is for swimmers who may have limited function in their hands, trunk, and legs, and mainly rely on their arms to swim.
The final in this classification took place on 25 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Yip Pin Xiu |  Singapore |
2:16.61 | |
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3 | Miyuki Yamada |  Japan |
2:26.18 | |
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7 | Fabiola Ramirez |  Mexico |
2:36.54 | |
| 4 | 5 | Feng Yazhu |  China |
2:37.04 | |
| 5 | 2 | Veronika Medchainova |  RPC |
2:40.05 | |
| 6 | 6 | Angela Procida |  Italy |
2:43.58 | |
| 7 | 1 | Zsanett Adámi |  Hungary |
3:11.88 | |
| 8 | 8 | Elif Ildem |  Turkey |
3:13.39 |
S6 edit
The S6 category is for swimmers who have short stature, arm amputations, or some form of coordination problem on one side of their body.
The final in this classification took place on 3 September 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Elizabeth Marks |  United States |
1:19.57 | WR |
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7 | Jiang Yuyan | China |
1:20.65 | |
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6 | Verena Schott |  Germany |
1:21.16 | |
| 4 | 3 | Shelby Newkirk |  Canada |
1:21.79 | |
| 5 | 2 | Song Lingling | China |
1:22.21 | |
| 6 | 5 | Yelyzaveta Mereshko |  Ukraine |
1:22.58 | |
| 7 | 8 | Anna Hontar | Ukraine |
1:24.14 | |
| 8 | 1 | Nora Meister |  Switzerland |
1:24.52 |
S7 edit
The S7 category is for swimmers who have one leg and one arm amputation on opposite side, or paralysis on one side of their body. These swimmers have full control of their arms and trunk but variable function in their legs.
The final in this classification took place on 30 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Mallory Weggemann | United States |
1:21.27 | PR |
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3 | Danielle Dorris | Canada |
1:21.91 | |
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4 | Julia Gaffney | United States |
1:22.02 | |
| 4 | 6 | McKenzie Coan | United States |
1:23.10 | |
| 5 | 2 | Camille Bérubé | Canada |
1:25.04 | |
| 6 | 7 | Erel Halevi |  Israel |
1:40.68 |
S8 edit
The S8 category is for swimmers who have a single amputation, or restrictive movement in their hip, knee and ankle joints.
The final in this classification took place on 27 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Tupou Neiufi |  New Zealand |
1:16.84 | |
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6 | Kateryna Denysenko | Ukraine |
1:18.31 | |
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3 | Jessica Long | United States |
1:18.55 | |
| 4 | 2 | Xenia Francesca Palazzo | Italy |
1:20.90 | |
| 5 | 1 | Mira Jeanne Maack | Germany |
1:22.77 | |
| 6 | 7 | Mariia Pavlova | RPC |
1:23.24 | |
| 4 | Viktoriia Ishchiulova | RPC |
DNS |
S9 edit
The S9 category is for swimmers who have joint restrictions in one leg, or double below-the-knee amputations.
The final in this classification took place on 30 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Hannah Aspden | United States |
1:09.22 | |
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5 | Núria Marquès Soto |  Spain |
1:10.26 | |
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3 | Sophie Pascoe | New Zealand |
1:11.15 | |
| 4 | 6 | Ellie Cole |  Australia |
1:13.15 | |
| 5 | 7 | Elizabeth Smith | United States |
1:14.24 | |
| 6 | 1 | Zsofia Konkoly | Hungary |
1:14.38 | |
| 7 | 2 | Lina Watz |  Sweden |
1:14.86 | |
| 8 | 8 | Stephanie Millward |  Great Britain |
1:15.49 |
S10 edit
The S10 category is for swimmers who have minor physical impairments, for example, loss of one hand.
The final in this classification took place on 2 September 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Bianka Pap | Hungary |
1:06.70 | |
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2 | Aurélie Rivard | Canada |
1:08.94 | |
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6 | Lisa Kruger |  Netherlands |
1:09.44 | |
| 4 | 5 | Jasmine Greenwood | Australia |
1:10.34 | |
| 5 | 3 | Anaëlle Roulet |  France |
1:10.83 | |
| 6 | 7 | Anastasiia Gontar | RPC |
1:11.49 | |
| 7 | 1 | Zhang Meng | China |
1:12.63 | |
| 8 | 8 | Émeline Pierre | France |
1:13.52 |
S11 edit
The S11 category is for swimmers who have severe visual impairments and have very low or no light perception, such as blindness, they are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They use tappers when competing in swimming events.
The final in this classification took place on 28 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Cai Liwen | China |
1:13.46 | WR |
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4 | Wang Xinyi | China |
1:13.71 | |
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3 | Li Guizhi | China |
1:16.98 | |
| 4 | 6 | Anastasiia Shevchenko | RPC |
1:20.00 | |
| 5 | 2 | Sofiia Polikarpova | RPC |
1:21.52 | |
| 6 | 7 | Maryna Piddubna | Ukraine |
1:21.65 | |
| 7 | 1 | Kateryna Tkachuk | Ukraine |
1:21.76 | |
| 8 | 8 | Martina Rabbolini | Italy |
1:24.34 |
S12 edit
The S12 category is for swimmers who have moderate visual impairment and have a visual field of less than 5 degrees radius. They are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They may wish to use a tapper.
The final in this classification took place on 27 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Hannah Russell | Great Britain |
1:08.44 | |
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4 | Daria Pikalova | RPC |
1:08.76 | |
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3 | Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago |  Brazil |
1:09.18 | |
| 4 | 6 | María Delgado | Spain |
1:12.83 | |
| 5 | 7 | Alessia Berra | Italy |
1:14.33 | |
| 6 | 1 | Yaryna Matlo | Ukraine |
1:16.25 | |
| 7 | 2 | Analuz Pellitero |  Argentina |
1:17.78 | |
| 8 | 8 | Aliya Rakhimbekova |  Kazakhstan |
1:23.74 |
S13 edit
The S13 category is for swimmers who have minor visual impairment and have high visual acuity. They are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They may wish to use a tapper.
The final in this classification took place on 26 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Gia Pergolini | United States |
1:04.64 | WR |
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3 | Carlotta Gilli | Italy |
1:06.10 | |
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5 | Katja Dedekind | Australia |
1:06.49 | |
| 4 | 2 | Anna Krivshina | RPC |
1:07.29 | |
| 5 | 8 | Shokhsanamkhon Toshpulatova |  Uzbekistan |
1:08.37 | |
| 6 | 7 | Róisín Ní Riain |  Ireland |
1:08.61 | |
| 7 | 6 | Nigorakhon Mirzokhidova | Uzbekistan |
1:09.85 | |
| 8 | 1 | Colleen Young | United States |
1:09.89 |
S14 edit
The S14 category is for swimmers who have an intellectual impairment.
The final in this classification took place on 2 September 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Bethany Firth | Great Britain |
1:05.92 | |
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3 | Valeriia Shabalina | RPC |
1:06.85 | |
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5 | Jessica-Jane Applegate | Great Britain |
1:07.93 | |
| 4 | 6 | Madeleine McTernan | Australia |
1:09.82 | |
| 5 | 2 | Ana Karolina Soares | Brazil |
1:11.29 | |
| 6 | 7 | Chan Yui Lam |  Hong Kong |
1:12.49 | |
| 7 | 8 | Kasumi Fukui | Japan |
1:12.58 | |
| 8 | 1 | Ruby Storm | Australia |
1:15.38 |
References edit
- ^ "Swimming". Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Swimming Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.