List of Paralympic records in swimming
Event Class Time Name Nation Date Games Location
100 m butterfly S8 1:09.04 Kateryna Istomina Ukraine 9 September 2016 2016 Games Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
100 m butterfly S9 1:06.74 Natalie du Toit South Africa 7 Sep 2008 2008 Beijing
100 m butterfly S10 1:02.65 Sophie Pascoe New Zealand 12 September 2016 2016 Games Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
100 m butterfly S11 1:20.50 Elaine Barrett Great Britain 26 Oct 2000 2000 Sydney
100 m butterfly S12 1:03.34 Joanna Mendak Poland 9 Sep 2008 2008 Beijing
100 m butterfly S13 1:03.25 Rebecca Meyers United States 8 September 2016 Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
Women 's records -- 100 m butterfly
The International Paralympic Committee recognises the fastest performances in swimming events at the Paralympic Games. Swimming has been part of at every Summer Paralympic Games. Races are held in four swimming strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly over varying distances and in either individual or relay race events. Medley events combine all four strokes, again either as an individual format (swum in order: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle) and as a team relay (swim in order: backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle). Competitors are allocated a classification based on their ability in the water, with records available for each event in each classification. Not all events are offered at each Paralympic Games. The decision is made by the IPC based on factors including there being a minimum of 6 athletes from a minimum of 4 National Paralympic Committees to make a race viable. In addition, an event must have been also held at the previous Games, or at the IPC Swimming World Championships held between the Games. In total there is an aim to provide a minimum of 7 individual events and 2 relays events for all classes, with an overall total of 140 events being contested at each Games. The currently used classification system has been in use since the 2000 Sydney Games. Events in classification 14 have been suspended for the Athens and Beijing Games, and are currently under review by the IPC. This was the result of a cheating scandal at the 2000 Paralympic Games involving the Spanish ID Basketball team.