Women's 100m Backstroke S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	10 September
Competitors	11 from 8 nations
Winning time	1:16.74
Medalists
Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain Jessica Long  United States Mariann Vestbostad  Norway

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle			S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle				S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle					S5
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
			S13
50 m backstroke		S2	S3		S5
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
			S13
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
		SB12
50 m butterfly	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
		S12	S13
150 m medley				SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
v t e

The women's 100m backstroke S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 10 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Competed from 09:47.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mariann Vestbostad	Norway	1:21.77	Q
2	Rachael Latham	Great Britain	1:22.71	Q
3	Keren Leibovitch	Israel	1:22.99	Q
4	Stefanie Weinberg	Germany	1:27.86	Q
5	Andrea Cole	Canada	1:39.26

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Heather Frederiksen	Great Britain	1:17.62	Q, PR
2	Jessica Long	United States	1:20.44	Q
3	Jin Xiaoqin	China	1:27.17	Q
4	Lu Weiyuan	China	1:27.76	Q
5	Rhiannon Oliver	Australia	1:34.92
	Amanda Everlove	United States		DQ

Competed at 18:10.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Heather Frederiksen	Great Britain	1:16.74	WR
	Jessica Long	United States	1:19.56
	Mariann Vestbostad	Norway	1:20.86
4	Keren Leibovitch	Israel	1:21.34
5	Rachael Latham	Great Britain	1:22.38
6	Jin Xiaoqin	China	1:25.48
7	Stefanie Weinberg	Germany	1:27.96
8	Lu Weiyuan	China	1:28.55

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. DQ = Disqualified.

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 100m Backstroke S8". 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.