Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S4 explained

Event:Women's 50 metre freestyle S4
Games:2016 Summer
Venue:Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates:17 September
Competitors:16
Nations:13
Gold:Rachael Watson
Goldnpc:AUS
Silvernpc:ITA
Bronze:Nely Miranda Herrera
Bronzenpc:MEX

The women's 50 metre freestyle S4 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 Rachael Watson.

Records

Prior to the final, the World and Paralympic records were as follows:[1]

S3

World record42.21Rio de Janeiro, Brazil8 September 2016
Paralympic record42.21Rio de Janeiro, Brazil8 September 2016

S4

World record39.52Gatineau, Canada16 July 2016
Paralympic record44.82London, Great Britain30 August 2012

Heats

Heat 1

10:28 17 September 2016:[2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 4 40.69
2 3 44.10
3 5 44.62
4 6 45.94
5 2 50.56
6 7 55.04
7 1 1:03.39
8 8 1:11.60

Heat 2

10:32 17 September 2016:[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 4 40.23
2 3 42.38
3 5 42.60
4 6 48.16
5 2 48.50
6 7 51.97
7 1 57.11
8 8 1:02.36

Final

18:33 17 September 2016:[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5 40.13
6 40.51
4 40.53
4 3 42.34
5 7 43.13
6 2 43.92
7 8 45.56
8 1 48.31

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rio Results Book - Event No. 145 . Rio 2016 . 1 October 2016 .
  2. Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle - S4 - Heats. Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. 30 September 2016. 5 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161005120757/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/swimming-womens-50m-freestyle-s4-heat-1. dead.
  3. Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle - S4 - Heats. Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. 30 September 2016. 5 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161005120757/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/swimming-womens-50m-freestyle-s4-heat-1. dead.
  4. Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle - S4 - Final. Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. 30 September 2016. 5 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161005125411/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/swimming-womens-50m-freestyle-s4-final. dead.