Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The women's 50 metre backstroke swimming events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Rio Olympic Stadium from 10 to 16 September. A total of four events were contested for four different classifications.

Competition format

Each event consists of two rounds: heats and final. The top eight swimmers overall in the heats progress to the final. If there are eight or fewer swimmers in an event, no heats are held and all swimmers qualify for the final.

Results

S2

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre backstroke S2

19:52 15 September 2016:[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Pin Xiu Yip	Singapore	1:00.33
	5	Yazhu Feng	China	1:02.66
	3	Iryna Sotska	Ukraine	1:17.22
4	6	Gloria Boccanera	Italy	1:22.80
5	7	Maria Kalpakidou	Greece	1:24.45
6	1	Zsanett Adami	Hungary	1:25.97
7	2	Cassie Mitchell	United States	1:28.19

S3

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre backstroke S3

18:32 10 September 2016:[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Qiuping Peng	China	48.49	WR
	5	Guofen Meng	China	51.42
	3	Lisette Teunissen	Netherlands	53.44
4	6	Olga Sviderska	Ukraine	54.01
5	2	Alexandra Stamatopoulou	Greece	58.33
6	8	Zulfiya Gabidullina	Kazakhstan	1:00.68
7	7	Maiara Regina Perreira Barreto	Brazil	1:01.65
8	1	Semicha Rizaoglou	Greece	1:12.05

S4

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre backstroke S4

18:30 16 September 2016:[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Jiao Cheng	China	48.11
	3	Yue Deng	China	50.01
	6	Maryna Verbova	Ukraine	52.28
4	7	Nely Miranda Herrera	Mexico	53.42
5	1	Arjola Trimi	Italy	54.03
6	5	Mariia Lafina	Ukraine	54.08
7	2	Edênia Garcia	Brazil	55.50
8	8	Sonja Sigurdardottir	Iceland	59.97

S5

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre backstroke S5

19:58 16 September 2016:[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Teresa Perales	Spain	43.03
	5	Bela Trebinova	Czech Republic	44.51
	7	Sarah Louise Rung	Norway	45.40
4	6	Li Zhang	China	47.07
5	3	Mayumi Narita	Japan	47.63
6	2	Alyssa Gialamas	United States	47.95
7	8	Anita Fatis	France	49.23
8	1	Natallia Shavel	Belarus	50.41

References

1. "Women's 50m Backstroke - S2 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
2. "Women's 50m Backstroke - S3 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
3. "Women's 50m Backstroke - S4 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
4. "Women's 50m Backstroke - S5 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 5 October 2016.