Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S7

The women's 100 metre backstroke S7 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 8 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final. Two heats were held, each with seven swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Women's 100 metre backstroke S7 at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates	8 September 2016
Competitors	14 from 8 nations
Medalists
Liting Ke  China Ying Zhang  China Rebecca Dubber  New Zealand

Records

Prior to the competition, the World and Paralympic records were:

World record	Kirsten Bruhn (GER)	1:21.57	Sheffield, Great Britain	6 April 2012
Paralympic record	Jacqueline Freney (AUS)	1:22.84	London, Great Britain	30 August 2012
2016 World leading	Rebecca Dubber (NZL)	1:24.92	Auckland, New Zealand	29 March 2016

Heats

Heat 1

12:04 8 September 2016:^[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Rebecca Dubber	New Zealand	1:23.62	Q
2	3	Nikita Howarth	New Zealand	1:24.69	Q
3	4	Yajing Huang	China	1:25.34	Q
4	6	Denise Grahl	Germany	1:28.08	Q
5	2	Tess Routliffe	Canada	1:29.96
6	7	Arianna Talamona	Italy	1:33.46
7	1	Meri-Maari Makinen	Finland	1:39.56

Heat 2

12:08 8 September 2016:^[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Liting Ke	China	1:22.72	PR Q
2	5	Ying Zhang	China	1:24.97	Q
3	6	McKenzie Coan	United States	1:25.34	Q
4	3	Cortney Jordan	United States	1:25.54	Q
5	2	Verena Schott	Germany	1:28.12
6	7	Sarah Mehain	Canada	1:32.65
7	1	Brenda Tilk	Estonia	1:38.99

Final

20:39 8 September 2016:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Liting Ke	China	1:23.06
	6	Ying Zhang	China	1:23.34
	5	Rebecca Dubber	New Zealand	1:23.85
4	2	Yajing Huang	China	1:24.53
5	7	McKenzie Coan	United States	1:25.17
6	3	Nikita Howarth	New Zealand	1:25.37
7	1	Cortney Jordan	United States	1:25.95
8	8	Denise Grahl	Germany	1:29.87