Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke S13

Women's 100m Backstroke S13 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	9 from 7 nations
Winning time	1:09.09
Medalists
Chelsey Gotell  Canada Valerie Grand Maison  Canada Anna Efimenko  Russia

The women's 100m backstroke S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Competed from 10:12.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chelsey Gotell	Canada	1:11.83	Q
2	Kelley Becherer	United States	1:13.06	Q
3	Akari Kasamoto	Japan	1:14.43	Q
4	Jenny Coughlin	Great Britain	1:14.59	Q

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Iryna Balashova	Ukraine	1:12.64	Q
2	Valerie Grand Maison	Canada	1:13.11	Q
3	Anna Efimenko	Russia	1:13.59	Q
4	Prue Watt	Australia	1:15.65	Q
5	Teigan van Roosmalen	Australia	1:16.26

Competed at 18:46.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Chelsey Gotell	Canada	1:09.09	WR
	Valerie Grand Maison	Canada	1:10.42
	Anna Efimenko	Russia	1:10.99
4	Kelley Becherer	United States	1:11.53
5	Iryna Balashova	Ukraine	1:12.65
6	Jenny Coughlin	Great Britain	1:14.67
7	Akari Kasamoto	Japan	1:14.85
8	Prue Watt	Australia	1:16.05

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 100m Backstroke S13". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2012.