Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S8
| Women's 50m Freestyle S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Beijing National Aquatics Center | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 14 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 32.09 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||
The women's 50m freestyle S8 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.
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Competed from 10:33.
Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cecilie Drabsch Norland |  Norway | 32.11 | Q |
| 2 | Jiang Shengnan |  China | 32.38 | Q |
| 3 | Xu Yanru | China | 32.44 | Q |
| 4 | Jacqueline Freney |  Australia | 32.49 | Q |
| 5 | Chen Zhonglan | China | 33.36 | |
| 6 | Anna Vengerovskaya |  Russia | 35.36 | |
| 7 | Andrea Cole |  Canada | 37.41 | |
| 8 | Desire Aguilar |  Panama | 43.22 |
Heat 2
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica Long |  United States | 32.54 | Q |
| 2 | Heather Frederiksen |  Great Britain | 32.79 | Q |
| 3 | Amanda Everlove | United States | 32.96 | Q |
| 4 | Heidi Andreasen |  Faroe Islands | 33.20 | Q |
| 5 | Julia Kabus |  Germany | 34.44 | |
| 6 | Stefanie Weinberg | Germany | 34.95 | |
| 7 | Rhiannon Oliver | Australia | 35.25 |
Final
[edit]Competed at 19:38.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cecilie Drabsch Norland | Norway | 32.09 | |
 | Amanda Everlove | United States | 32.20 | |
 | Jacqueline Freney | Australia | 32.37 | |
| 4 | Jiang Shengnan | China | 32.47 | |
| 5 | Xu Yanru | China | 32.54 | |
| 6 | Jessica Long | United States | 32.58 | |
| 7 | Heather Frederiksen | Great Britain | 32.59 | |
| 8 | Heidi Andreasen | Faroe Islands | 32.66 |
Q = qualified for final.
References
[edit]- "Heats and Final Results - Women's 50m Freestyle 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.