title: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S8
text: # Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S8
  
  The women's 100 metre backstroke S8 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 13 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Three heats were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
  
  ## Heats
  
  ### Heat 1
  
  11:12 13 September 2016:
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Jessica Long | United States | 1:18.92 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Elizabeth Marks | United States | 1:19.97 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Cléo Keijzer | Netherlands | 1:21.81 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Cecilia Jeronimo de Araujo | Brazil | 1:26.63 | |
  | 5 | 6 | Xiaoqin Jin | China | 1:26.65 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Vendula Dušková | Czech Republic | 1:33.49 | |
  
  ### Heat 2
  
  11:16 13 September 2016:
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 5 | Lakeisha Patterson | Australia | 1:20.32 | Q |
  | 2 | 4 | Maddison Elliott | Australia | 1:20.79 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Mallory Weggemann | United States | 1:23.08 | |
  | 4 | 6 | Abi Tripp | Canada | 1:24.82 | |
  | 5 | 7 | Danielle Dorris | Canada | 1:29.20 | |
  | 6 | 2 | Ailbhe Kelly | Ireland | 1:29.48 | |
  
  ### Heat 3
  
  11:20 13 September 2016:
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Stephanie Millward | Great Britain | 1:13.75 | PR Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Stephanie Slater | Great Britain | 1:20.17 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Weiyuan Lu | China | 1:22.47 | Q |
  | 4 | 6 | Anezka Floriankova | Czech Republic | 1:24.99 | |
  | 5 | 2 | Valentina Muñoz | Chile | 1:25.12 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Sabrina Duchesne | Canada | 1:32.63 | |
  
  ## Final
  
  19:28 13 September 2016:
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Stephanie Millward | Great Britain | 1:13.02 | PR |
  | | 7 | Maddison Elliott | Australia | 1:17.16 | |
  | | 5 | Jessica Long | United States | 1:18.12 | |
  | 4 | 2 | Lakeisha Patterson | Australia | 1:18.27 | |
  | 5 | 6 | Stephanie Slater | Great Britain | 1:19.42 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Cleo Keijzer | Netherlands | 1:22.09 | |
  | 7 | 8 | Weiyuan Lu | China | 1:22.17 | |
  | 8 | 3 | Elizabeth Marks | United States | 1:22.67 | |
  