| Event: | Women's 50 metre freestyle S8 |
| Games: | 2016 Summer |
| Venue: | Olympic Aquatics Stadium |
| Dates: | 16 September |
| Competitors: | 15 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Gold: | Maddison Elliott |
| Goldnpc: | AUS |
| Silvernpc: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Jiang Shengnan |
| Bronzenpc: | CHN |
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.
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
| World record | 30.13 | Brisbane, Australia | 1 April 2014 | ||
| Paralympic record | 31.13 | London, Great Britain | 2 September 2012 |
Source: Web site: Rio Results Book - Event No. 127 . Rio 2016 . 1 October 2016 .
10:09 16 September 2016
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 30.82 | Q PR | |||
| 2 | 2 | 30.89 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 30.97 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 32.06 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 32.39 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 33.89 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 34.87 |
10:12 16 September 2016
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 30.83 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 31.17 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 31.49 | Q | |||
| 4 | 7 | 31.70 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 32.22 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 33.09 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 34.93 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 36.05 |
18:03 11 September 2016
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 29.73 | WR PR | ||||
| 6 | 30.13 | |||||
| 3 | 30.53 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 30.54 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 30.73 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 31.05 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 31.29 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 32.09 |