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

## 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:

| 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:

| 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:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 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 |
