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

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
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

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 100 metre backstroke events.

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
S2 details	Yip Pin Xiu Singapore	2:16.61	Miyuki Yamada Japan	2:26.18	Fabiola Ramirez Mexico	2:36.54
S6 details	Elizabeth Marks United States	1:19.57 WR	Jiang Yuyan China	1:20.65	Verena Schott Germany	1:21.16
S7 details	Mallory Weggemann United States	1:21.27 PR	Danielle Dorris Canada	1:21.91	Julia Gaffney United States	1:22.02
S8 details	Tupou Neiufi New Zealand	1:16.84	Kateryna Denysenko Ukraine	1:18.31	Jessica Long United States	1:18.55
S9 details	Hannah Aspden United States	1:09.22	Nuria Marqués Soto Spain	1:10.26	Sophie Pascoe New Zealand	1:11.15
S10 details	Bianka Pap Hungary	1:06.70	Aurélie Rivard Canada	1:08.94	Lisa Kruger Netherlands	1:09.44
S11 details	Cai Liwen China	1:13.46 WR	Wang Xinyi China	1:13.71	Li Guizhi China	1:16.98
S12 details	Hannah Russell Great Britain	1:08.44	Daria Pikalova RPC	1:08.76	Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago Brazil	1:09.18
S13 details	Gia Pergolini United States	1:04.64 WR	Carlotta Gilli Italy	1:06.10	Katja Dedekind Australia	1:06.49
S14 details	Bethany Firth Great Britain	1:05.92	Valeriia Shabalina RPC	1:06.85	Jessica-Jane Applegate Great Britain	1:07.93

Results

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

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
	4	Yip Pin Xiu	Singapore	2:16.61
	3	Miyuki Yamada	Japan	2:26.18
	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

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
	4	Elizabeth Marks	United States	1:19.57	WR
	7	Jiang Yuyan	China	1:20.65
	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

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
	5	Mallory Weggemann	United States	1:21.27	PR
	3	Danielle Dorris	Canada	1:21.91
	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

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
	5	Tupou Neiufi	New Zealand	1:16.84
	6	Kateryna Denysenko	Ukraine	1:18.31
	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

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
	4	Hannah Aspden	United States	1:09.22
	5	Núria Marquès Soto	Spain	1:10.26
	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

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
	4	Bianka Pap	Hungary	1:06.70
	2	Aurélie Rivard	Canada	1:08.94
	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

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
	5	Cai Liwen	China	1:13.46	WR
	4	Wang Xinyi	China	1:13.71
	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

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
	5	Hannah Russell	Great Britain	1:08.44
	4	Daria Pikalova	RPC	1:08.76
	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

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
	4	Gia Pergolini	United States	1:04.64	WR
	3	Carlotta Gilli	Italy	1:06.10
	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

The S14 category is for swimmers who have an intellectual impairment.