Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S6

Women's 400m Freestyle S6
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates14 September
Competitors10 from 7 nations
Winning time5:41.34
Medalists
   Great Britain
   Netherlands
   Germany
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 ind. medley SM4
200 m ind. medley SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10
SM12 SM13

The women's 400m freestyle S6 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

Heats

Competed from 09:49.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Uhl, MirandaMiranda Uhl  United States 6:00.34 Q
2 Goetze, MariaMaria Goetze  Germany 6:06.49 Q
3 Lewis, NyreeNyree Lewis  Great Britain 6:13.85 Q
4 Nara, ErikaErika Nara  Japan 6:31.92 Q
5 Johnson, CaseyCasey Johnson  United States 6:49.80

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Simmonds, EleanorEleanor Simmonds  Great Britain 5:56.24 Q
2 de Koning-Peper, MirjamMirjam de Koning-Peper  Netherlands 5:57.72 Q
3 Gonzalez, DoramitziDoramitzi Gonzalez  Mexico 6:15.97 Q
4 Love, MhairiMhairi Love  Great Britain 6:20.31 Q
5 Illes, FanniFanni Illes  Hungary 6:43.09

Final

Competed at 18:16.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Simmonds, EleanorEleanor Simmonds  Great Britain 5:41.34 WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) de Koning-Peper, MirjamMirjam de Koning-Peper  Netherlands 5:43.76
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Goetze, MariaMaria Goetze  Germany 5:49.70
4 Uhl, MirandaMiranda Uhl  United States 5:55.64
5 Gonzalez, DoramitziDoramitzi Gonzalez  Mexico 6:06.84
6 Lewis, NyreeNyree Lewis  Great Britain 6:10.82
7 Love, MhairiMhairi Love  Great Britain 6:15.31
8 Nara, ErikaErika Nara  Japan 6:26.60

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

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