Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle S8

The women's 100 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 11 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held, with seven swimmers in each. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final, which was won by Australia's Maddison Elliott.

Women's 100 metre freestyle S8
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates11 September
Competitors14 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maddison Elliott  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lakeisha Patterson  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stephanie Millward  Great Britain
2012

Records

edit

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

World record   Maddison Elliott (AUS) 1:04:71 Glasgow, Great Britain 2015
Paralympic record   Maddison Elliott (AUS) 1:04:73 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2016

Heats

edit

Heat 1

edit

11:20 11 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jessica Long   United States 1:06.07 Q
2 5 Lakeisha Patterson   Australia 1:07.45 Q
3 2 Abi Tripp   Canada 1:10.30 Q
4 3 Mallory Weggemann   United States 1:11.17 Q
5 6 Amalie Vinther   Denmark 1:11.90
6 7 Vendula Duskova   Czech Republic 1:15.80
6 1 Ailbhe Kelly   Ireland 1:20.65

Heat 2

edit

11:23 11 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Maddison Elliott   Australia 1:07.69 Q
2 5 Stephanie Millward   Great Britain 1:08.24 Q
3 7 Cecilia Jeronimo de Araujo   Brazil 1:09.73 Q
4 6 Morgan Bird   Canada 1:09.92 Q
5 2 Brickelle Bro   United States 1:14.41
6 1 Sabrina Duchesne   Canada 1:15.41
7 8 Anezka Floriankova   Czech Republic 1:20.29

Final

edit

19:36 11 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Maddison Elliott   Australia 1:04.73 PR
  5 Lakeisha Patterson   Australia 1:05.08
  6 Stephanie Millward   Great Britain 1:05.16
4 4 Jessica Long   United States 1:05.72
5 7 Morgan Bird   Canada 1:09.67
6 2 Cecilia Jeronimo de Araujo   Brazil 1:09.83
7 1 Abi Tripp   Canada 1:10.40
8 8 Mallory Weggemann   United States 1.11.80

References

edit
  • "Women's 100m Freestyle - S8 - Heats". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  • "Women's 100m Freestyle - S8 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.