Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S8

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Women's 50 metre freestyle S8
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates2 September
Competitors17 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mallory Weggemann  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maddison Elliott  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jiang Shengnan  China
Swimming at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyleS3S5
S6S7S8S9S10
S11S12S13
100 m freestyleS3S5
S6S7S8S9S10
S11S12S13
200 m freestyleS5
S14
400 m freestyleS6S7S8S9S10
S11S12
50 m backstrokeS2S4
100 m backstrokeS6S7S8S9S10
S11S12S14
100 m breaststrokeSB4SB5
SB6SB7SB8SB9
SB11SB12SB13SB14
50 m butterflyS5
S6S7
100 m butterflyS8S9S10
S12
200 m medleySM5
SM6SM7SM8SM9SM10
SM11SM12SM13
Freestyle relays4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays4 × 100 m (34pts)

The women's 50 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 2 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Three heats were held, one with five swimmers, two with six competitors each. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.[1]

Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 6 Maddison Elliott  Australia 31.57 Q, OC
2 2 5 Jessica Long  United States 31.61 Q, AM
3 3 4 Jiang Shengnan  China 31.81 Q
4 2 4 Olesya Vladykina  Russia 31.93 Q
5 3 5 Mallory Weggemann  United States 32.01 Q
6 1 4 Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain 32.34 Q
7 3 2 Kateryna Istomina  Ukraine 32.39 Q
8 3 6 Morgan Bird  Canada 32.67 Q
9 2 3 Stefanie Weinberg  Germany 32.68
10 3 3 Ksenia Sogomonyan  Russia 32.92
11 1 5 Chen Zhonglan  China 32.96
12 1 6 Amalie Vinther  Denmark 33.10
13 1 3 Amanda Everlove  United States 34.02
14 2 7 Immacolata Cerasuolo  Italy 34.53
15 2 2 Romy Pansters  Netherlands 34.66
16 3 7 Julia Kabus  Germany 35.00
17 1 2 Mariann Vestbostad  Norway 35.25

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 Mallory Weggemann  United States 31.13 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Maddison Elliott  Australia 31.44 OC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Jiang Shengnan  China 31.55
4 6 Olesya Vladykina  Russia 31.59
5 5 Jessica Long  United States 31.71
6 7 Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain 31.93
7 1 Kateryna Istomina  Ukraine 32.05
8 8 Morgan Bird  Canada 32.70

References

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  1. ^ "Women's 50m Freestyle - S8". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
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