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

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.

Women's 50 metre freestyle S8
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates16 September
Competitors15 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maddison Elliott  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lakeisha Patterson  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jiang Shengnan  China

Records

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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

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Heat 1

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10:09 16 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Stephanie Millward   Great Britain 30.82 Q PR
2 2 Jiang Shengnan   China 30.89 Q
3 4 Lakeisha Patterson   Australia 30.97 Q
4 3 Kateryna Istomina   Ukraine 32.06 Q
5 7 Abi Tripp   Canada 32.39
6 1 Amalie Vinther   Denmark 33.89
7 8 Sabrina Duchesne   Canada 34.87

Heat 2

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10:12 16 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Maddison Elliott   Australia 30.83 Q
2 5 Stephanie Slater   Great Britain 31.17 Q
3 6 Morgan Bird   Canada 31.49 Q
4 7 Jin Xiaoqin   Canada 31.70 Q
5 3 Jessica Long   United States 32.22
6 2 Mallory Weggemann   United States 33.09
7 1 Bro Brickelle   United States 34.93
8 8 Anezka Floriankova   Czech Republic 36.05

Final

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18:03 11 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Maddison Elliott   Australia 29.73 WR PR
  6 Lakeisha Patterson   Australia 30.13
  3 Jiang Shengnan   China 30.53
4 2 Stephanie Slater   Great Britain 30.54
5 4 Stephanie Millward   Great Britain 30.73
6 8 Kateryna Istomina   Ukraine 31.05
7 7 Morgan Bird   Canada 31.29
8 1 Jin Xiaoqin   China 32.09

References

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