Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S14

Women's 100m Backstroke S14 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	31 August
Competitors	18 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:08.93
Medalists
Bethany Firth   Ireland   Taylor Corry   Australia   Marlou van der Kulk   Netherlands

Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle			S3		S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle			S3		S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle					S5
				S14
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12
50 m backstroke		S2		S4
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12		S14
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13	SB14
50 m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
		S12
200 m ind. medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The women's 100m backstroke S14 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 31 August. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 11:18.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Kayla Clarke	Australia	1:11.29	Q, PR
2	5	Taylor Corry	Australia	1:11.70	Q
3	3	Kara Leo	Australia	1:17.15
4	6	Kirstie Kasko	Canada	1:19.84
5	2	Kolbrun Alda Stefansdottir	Iceland	1:21.61
6	7	Adela Mikova	Czech Republic	1:26.06

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Jessica-Jane Applegate	Great Britain	1:10.32	Q, PR
2	4	Bethany Firth	Ireland	1:10.33	Q
3	3	Leung Shu Hang	Hong Kong	1:14.09	Q
4	2	Pernilla Lindberg	Sweden	1:18.38
5	6	Tamara Medarts	Belgium	1:20.61
6	7	Mariana Diaz de la Vega Parra	Mexico	1:24.26

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Chloe Davies	Great Britain	1:09.22	Q, PR
2	4	Marlou van der Kulk	Netherlands	1:09.98	Q
3	3	Natalie Massey	Great Britain	1:11.89	Q
4	6	Chow Yuen Ying	Hong Kong	1:18.79
5	7	Michelle Alonso Morales	Spain	1:22.71
	2	Jana Murphy	Canada	DNS

Final

Competed at 19:38.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Bethany Firth	Ireland	1:08.93	PR
	7	Taylor Corry	Australia	1:09.46
	5	Marlou van der Kulk	Netherlands	1:09.50
4	3	Jessica-Jane Applegate	Great Britain	1:09.58
5	4	Chloe Davies	Great Britain	1:10.10
6	2	Kayla Clarke	Australia	1:11.04
7	1	Natalie Massey	Great Britain	1:12.87
8	8	Leung Shu Hang	Hong Kong	1:13.44

'Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record. DNS = Did not start.

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final