Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S3

The women's 50m freestyle S3 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 13 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Women's 50m Freestyle S3 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	13 September
Competitors	14 from 11 nations
Winning time	57.05
Medalists
Patricia Valle  Mexico Yip Pin Xiu  Singapore Fran Williamson  Great Britain

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:26.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Xia Jiangbo	China	1:05.83	Q
2	Annke Conradi	Germany	1:07.76	Q
3	Esther Overton	Australia	1:11.99	Q
4	Sarah Shannon	South Africa	1:15.59	Q
5	Sara Carracelas	Spain	1:17.28
6	Danielle Watts	Great Britain	1:28.74	PR
7	Maria Liaskou	Greece	1:29.31

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yip Pin Xiu	Singapore	57.04	Q, WR
2	Patricia Valle	Mexico	59.84	Q
3	Fran Williamson	Great Britain	1:05.39	Q
4	Beth Kolbe	United States	1:11.69	Q
5	Perpetua Vaza	Portugal	1:16.18
6	Fabiola Ramirez	Mexico	1:17.92
7	Maria Kalpakidou	Greece	1:25.39

Final

Competed at 19:26.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Patricia Valle	Mexico	57.05
	Yip Pin Xiu	Singapore	57.43
	Fran Williamson	Great Britain	1:04.22
4	Xia Jiangbo	China	1:08.32
5	Beth Kolbe	United States	1:10.55
6	Esther Overton	Australia	1:12.26
7	Sarah Shannon	South Africa	1:13.39
8	Annke Conradi	Germany	1:17.94

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 50m Freestyle S3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2012.