Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S8 explained

Event:Women's 50 metre freestyle S8
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:London Aquatics Centre
Dates:2 September
Competitors:17
Nations:12
Gold:Mallory Weggemann
Goldnpc:USA
Silver:Maddison Elliott
Silvernpc:AUS
Bronze:Jiang Shengnan
Bronzenpc:CHN

The women's 50 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 2 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Three heats were held, one with five swimmers, two with six competitors each. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.[1]

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
126Maddison Elliott31.57Q, OC
225Jessica Long31.61Q, AM
334Jiang Shengnan31.81Q
424Olesya Vladykina31.93Q
535Mallory Weggemann32.01Q
614Heather Frederiksen32.34Q
732Kateryna Istomina32.39Q
836Morgan Bird32.67Q
923Stefanie Weinberg32.68
1033Ksenia Sogomonyan32.92
1115Chen Zhonglan32.96
1216Amalie Vinther33.10
1313Amanda Everlove34.02
1427Immacolata Cerasuolo34.53
1522Romy Pansters34.66
1637Julia Kabus35.00
1712Mariann Vestbostad35.25

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
2Mallory Weggemann31.13PR
4Maddison Elliott31.44OC
3Jiang Shengnan31.55
46Olesya Vladykina31.59
55Jessica Long31.71
67Heather Frederiksen31.93
71Kateryna Istomina32.05
88Morgan Bird32.70

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle - S8. LOCOG. 9 September 2012. 10 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120910190715/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/swimming/event/women-50m-freestyle-s8/. dead.