Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S8

Women's 50 metre freestyle S8
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates16 September
Competitors15 from 8 nations
Medalists
   Australia
   Australia
   China
Swimming at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle S4 S5 S6 S7 S8
S9 S10 S11 S12 S13
100 m freestyle S3 S5 S6 S7 S8
S9 S10 S11 S13
200 m freestyle S5 S14
400 m freestyle S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S13
50 m backstroke S2 S3 S4 S5
100 m backstroke S2 S6 S7 S8 S9
S10 S11 S12 S13 S14
50 m breaststroke SB3
100 m breaststroke SB4 SB5 SB6 SB7 SB8
SB9 SB11 SB13 SB14
50 m butterfly S5 S6 S7
100 m butterfly S8 S9 S10 S13
150 m medley SM4
200 m medley SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10
SM11 SM13 SM14
Freestyle relay 4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relay 4 × 100 m (34pts)

The women's 50 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 16 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held, with seven and eight swimmers respectively. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final, which was won by Australia's Maddison Elliott.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:

World record  Maddison Elliott (AUS) 30.13 Brisbane, Australia 1 April 2014
Paralympic record  Mallory Weggemann (USA) 31.13 London, Great Britain 2 September 2012

Source: "Rio Results Book - Event No. 127" (PDF). Rio 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016. 

Heats

Heat 1

10:09 16 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Millward, StephanieStephanie Millward  Great Britain 30.82 Q PR
2 2 Shengnan, JiangJiang Shengnan  China 30.89 Q
3 4 Patterson, LakeishaLakeisha Patterson  Australia 30.97 Q
4 3 Istomina, KaterynaKateryna Istomina  Ukraine 32.06 Q
5 7 Tripp, AbiAbi Tripp  Canada 32.39
6 1 Vinther, AmilieAmilie Vinther  Denmark 33.89
7 8 Duchesne, SabrinaSabrina Duchesne  Canada 34.87

Heat 2

10:12 16 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Elliott, MaddisonMaddison Elliott  Australia 30.83 Q
2 5 Slater, StephanieStephanie Slater  Great Britain 31.17 Q
3 6 Bird, MorganMorgan Bird  Canada 31.49 Q
4 7 Xiaoqin, JinJin Xiaoqin  Canada 31.70 Q
5 3 Long, JessicaJessica Long  United States 32.22
6 2 Weggemann, MalloryMallory Weggemann  United States 33.09
7 1 Brickelle, BroBro Brickelle  United States 34.93
8 8 Floriankova, AnezkaAnezka Floriankova  Czech Republic 36.05

Final

18:03 11 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Elliott, MaddisonMaddison Elliott  Australia 29.73 WR PR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 6 Patterson, LakeishaLakeisha Patterson  Australia 30.13
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 Shengnan, JiangJiang Shengnan  China 30.53
4 2 Slater, StephanieStephanie Slater  Great Britain 30.54
5 4 Millward, StephanieStephanie Millward  Great Britain 30.73
6 8 Istomina, KaterynaKateryna Istomina  Ukraine 31.05
7 7 Bird, MorganMorgan Bird  Canada 31.29
8 1 Xiaoqin, JinJin Xiaoqin  China 32.09

References

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