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 | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 16 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
| World record |  Maddison Elliott (AUS)
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30.13 | Brisbane, Australia | 1 April 2014 |
| Paralympic record |  Mallory Weggemann (USA)
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31.13 | London, Great Britain | 2 September 2012 |
Source: "Rio Results Book - Event No. 127" (PDF). Rio 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
Heats
editHeat 1
edit10:09 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
edit10:12 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
edit18:03 11 September 2016
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Maddison Elliott | Australia |
29.73 | WR PR |
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6 | Lakeisha Patterson | Australia |
30.13 | |
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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
edit- "Women's 50m Freestyle - S8 - Heats". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 30 September 2016.[permanent dead link]
- "Women's 50m Freestyle - S8 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
