Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle S8

The women's 100m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Women's 100m Freestyle S8
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates8 September
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Winning time1:06.91
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jessica Long  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jacqueline Freney  Australia

Results edit

Heats edit

Competed from 10:49.

Heat 1 edit

Results of heat 1[1]
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jacqueline Freney   Australia 1:09.92 Q
2 Xu Yanru   China 1:13.51 Q
3 Stefanie Weinberg   Germany 1:14.65
4 Rhiannon Oliver   Australia 1:15.57
5 Andrea Cole   Canada 1:19.58

Heat 2 edit

Results of heat 2[1]
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Heather Frederiksen   Great Britain 1:09.93 Q
2 Julia Kabus   Germany 1:12.64 Q
3 Mariann Vestbostad   Norway 1:14.62
4 Anna Vengerovskaya   Russia 1:20.89
5 Desire Aguilar   Panama 1:31.84

Heat 3 edit

Results of heat 3[1]
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jessica Long   United States 1:06.81 Q, WR
2 Amanda Everlove   United States 1:10.84 Q
3 Cecilie Drabsch Norland   Norway 1:11.68 Q
4 Heidi Andreasen   Faroe Islands 1:12.77 Q
5 Chen Zhonglan   China 1:17.13
6 Valeria Lira   Brazil 1:20.16

Final edit

Competed at 20:01.

Results of the finals[1]
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Jessica Long   United States 1:06.91
  Heather Frederiksen   Great Britain 1:08.48
  Jacqueline Freney   Australia 1:08.56
4 Amanda Everlove   United States 1:10.65
5 Cecilie Drabsch Norland   Norway 1:11.88
6 Heidi Andreasen   Faroe Islands 1:11.99
7 Julia Kabus   Germany 1:12.68
8 Xu Yanru   China 1:13.66

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Beijing 2008 - swimming - womens-100-m-freestyle-s8". Retrieved 2024-02-09.