Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The swimming events of the 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in the Beijing National Aquatics Center between September 7 and September 15, 2008. A total of 140 gold medals were expected to be distributed. Paralympic records were broken in 122 events, of which the records in 108 events were also world records.

Swimming
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates7–15 September
2004
2012
Women's Freestyle swimming

Classifications

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Athletes are allocated a classification for each event based upon their disability to allow fairer competition between athletes of similar ability. The classifications for swimming are:

Classifications run from S1 (severely disabled) to S10 (minimally disabled) for athletes with physical disabilities, and S11 (totally blind) to S13 (legally blind) for visually impaired athletes. Blind athletes must use blackened goggles.

Events

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Due to the classification process, there were more than one set of medals in each of the traditional swimming events. The following events were held in the various classifications.

Men
Event S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13
50 m freestyle X X X X X X X X X X X X
100 m freestyle X X X X X X X X X X X X
200 m freestyle X X X X
400 m freestyle X X X X X X X X
50 m backstroke X X X X X
100 m backstroke X X X X X X X X
50 m butterfly X X X
100 m butterfly X X X X X X
Event SB3 SB4 SB5 SB6 SB7 SB8 SB9 SB11 SB12 SB13
50 m breaststroke X
100 m breaststroke X X X X X X X X X
Event SM4 SM5 SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10 SM12 SM13
150 m individual medley X
200 m individual medley X X X X X X X X
Event 20pts 34pts
4 × 50 m freestyle relay X
4 × 100 m freestyle relay X
4 × 50 m medley relay X
4 × 100 m medley relay X
Women
Event S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13
50 m freestyle X X X X X X X X X X X
100 m freestyle X X X X X X X X X X
200 m freestyle X
400 m freestyle X X X X X X
50 m backstroke X X X
100 m backstroke X X X X X X
50 m butterfly X X
100 m butterfly X X X X X
Event SB4 SB5 SB6 SB7 SB8 SB9 SB12
100 m breaststroke X X X X X X X
Event SM4 SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10 SM12 SM13
150 m individual medley X
200 m individual medley X X X X X X X

Qualification

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There were 547 athletes (323 male, 224 female) from 62 nations that took part in this sport.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their swimmers (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)17141344
2  China (CHN)13221752
3  Ukraine (UKR)13102043
4  Great Britain (GBR)11121841
5  Russia (RUS)119727
6  Spain (ESP)1012931
7  Australia (AUS)911929
8  Brazil (BRA)87419
9  South Africa (RSA)8019
10  Canada (CAN)77923
11  Mexico (MEX)5128
12  Greece (GRE)45312
13  New Zealand (NZL)4206
14  Belarus (BLR)3216
15  Poland (POL)25310
16  France (FRA)2406
17  Netherlands (NED)2226
18  Czech Republic (CZE)2147
19  Sweden (SWE)2013
20  Germany (GER)1359
21  Japan (JPN)1225
22  Italy (ITA)1203
23  Singapore (SIN)1102
24  Hungary (HUN)1045
25  Cyprus (CYP)1012
  Denmark (DEN)1012
  Norway (NOR)1012
28  Israel (ISR)0303
29  South Korea (KOR)0112
30  Ireland (IRL)0101
31  Argentina (ARG)0011
  Colombia (COL)0011
  Estonia (EST)0011
  Portugal (POR)0011
Totals (34 entries)141139142422

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle S2
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Georgios Kapellakis
  Greece
Dmitrii Kokarev
  Russia
James Anderson
  Great Britain
50 m freestyle S3
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Dmytro Vynohradets
  Ukraine
Du Jianping
  China
Byeong-Eon Min
  South Korea
50 m freestyle S4
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David Smétanine
  France
Richard Oribe
  Spain
Jan Povysil
  Czech Republic
50 m freestyle S5
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Dmytro Kryzhanovskyy
  Ukraine
Daniel Dias
  Brazil
Sebastián Rodríguez
  Spain
50 m freestyle S6
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Xu Qing
  China
Tang Yuan
  China
Anders Olsson
  Sweden
50 m freestyle S7
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David Roberts
  Great Britain
Matt Walker
  Great Britain
Lantz Lamback
  United States
50 m freestyle S8
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Xiaofu Wang
  China
Peter Leek
  Australia
Konstantin Lisenkov
  Russia
50 m freestyle S9
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Matthew Cowdrey
  Australia
Zhi Guo
  China
Xiaoming Xion
  China
50 m freestyle S10
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André Brasil
  Brazil
Phelipe Rodrigues
  Brazil
Benoit Huot
  Canada
50 m freestyle S11
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Enhamed Enhamed
  Spain
Junichi Kawai
  Japan
Alexander Chekurov
  Russia
50 m freestyle S12
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Maksym Veraksa
  Ukraine
Alexander Nevolin-Svetov
  Russia
Sergii Klippert
  Ukraine
50 m freestyle S13
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Oleksii Fedyna
  Ukraine
Charalampos Taiganidis
  Greece
Andrey Strokin
  Russia
100 m freestyle S2
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Dmitrii Kokarev
  Russia
Georgios Kapellakis
  Greece
James Anderson
  Great Britain
100 m freestyle S3
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Du Jianping
  China
Dmytro Vynohradets
  Ukraine
Li Hanhua
  China
100 m freestyle S4
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David Smétanine
  France
Richard Oribe
  Spain
Jan Povysil
  Czech Republic
100 m freestyle S5
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Daniel Dias
  Brazil
Dmytro Kryzhanovskyy
  Ukraine
Roy Perkins
  United States
100 m freestyle S6
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Anders Olsson
  Sweden
Yuan Tang
  China
Yuanrun Yang
  China
100 m freestyle S7
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David Roberts
  Great Britain
Lantz Lamback
  United States
Matt Walker
  Great Britain
100 m freestyle S8
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Xiaofu Wang
  China
Konstantin Lisenkov
  Russia
Peter Leek
  Australia
100 m freestyle S9
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Matthew Cowdrey
  Australia
Zhi Guo
  China
Tamás Sors
  Hungary
100 m freestyle S10
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André Brasil
  Brazil
Phelipe Rodrigues
  Brazil
Benoit Huot
  Canada
100 m freestyle S11
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Enhamed Enhamed
  Spain
Bozun Yang
  China
Grzegorz Polkowski
  Poland
100 m freestyle S12
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Maksym Veraksa
  Ukraine
Sergii Klippert
  Ukraine
Alexander Nevolin-Svetov
  Russia
100 m freestyle S13
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Charalampos Taiganidis
  Greece
Oleksii Fedyna
  Ukraine
Danylo Chufarov
  Ukraine
200 m freestyle S2
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Dmitrii Kokarev
  Russia
James Anderson
  Great Britain
Georgios Kapellakis
  Greece
200 m freestyle S3
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Dmytro Vynohradets
  Ukraine
Li Hanhua
  China
Du Jianping
  China
200 m freestyle S4
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Richard Oribe
  Spain
David Smétanine
  France
Jan Povysil
  Czech Republic
200 m freestyle S5
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Daniel Dias
  Brazil
Sebastián Rodríguez
  Spain
Anthony Stephens
  Great Britain
400 m freestyle S6
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Anders Olsson
  Sweden
Darragh McDonald
  Ireland
Matthew Whorwood
  Great Britain
400 m freestyle S7
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David Roberts
  Great Britain
Lantz Lamback
  United States
Jay Dohnt
  Australia
400 m freestyle S8
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Sam Hynd
  Great Britain
Peter Leek
  Australia
Jiachao Wang
  China
400 m freestyle S9
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Jesús Collado
  Spain
Matthew Cowdrey
  Australia
Tamás Sors
  Hungary
400 m freestyle S10
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André Brasil
  Brazil
Robert Welbourn
  Great Britain
Benoit Huot
  Canada
400 m freestyle S11
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Enhamed Enhamed
  Spain
Bozun Yang
  China
Donovan Tildesley
  Canada
400 m freestyle S12
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Sergei Punko
  Belarus
Enrique Floriano
  Spain
Sergii Klippert
  Ukraine
400 m freestyle S13
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Charl Bouwer
  South Africa
Danylo Chufarov
  Ukraine
Charalampos Taiganidis
  Greece
50 m backstroke S1
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Christos Tampaxis
  Greece
Andreas Katsaros
  Greece
João Martins
  Portugal
50 m backstroke S2
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Dmitrii Kokarev
  Russia
Jim Anderson
  Great Britain
Georgios Kapellakis
  Greece
50 m backstroke S3
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Du Jianping
  China
Min Byeong-Eon
  South Korea
Dmytro Vynohradets
  Ukraine
50 m backstroke S4
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Juan Reyes
  Mexico
David Smétanine
  France
Huabin Zeng
  China
50 m backstroke S5
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Daniel Dias
  Brazil
Junquan He
  China
Zsolt Vereczkei
  Hungary
100 m backstroke S6
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Igor Plotnikov
  Russia
Yuanrun Yang
  China
Yuan Tang
  China
100 m backstroke S7
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Lantz Lamback
  United States
Jon Fox
  Great Britain
Guillermo Marro
  Argentina
100 m backstroke S8
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Konstantin Lisenkov
  Russia
Peter Leek
  Australia
Sean Fraser
  Great Britain
100 m backstroke S9
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Matthew Cowdrey
  Australia
Zhi Guo
  China
Jarrett Perry
  United States
100 m backstroke S10
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Justin Zook
  United States
Michael Anderson
  Australia
Kardo Ploomipuu
  Estonia
100 m backstroke S11
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Bozun Yang
  China
Damian Pietrasik
  Poland
Viktor Smyrnov
  Ukraine
100 m backstroke S12
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Alexander Nevolin-Svetov
  Russia
Sergii Klippert
  Ukraine
Maksym Veraksa
  Ukraine
100 m backstroke S13
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Charalampos Taiganidis
  Greece
Oleksii Fedyna
  Ukraine
Dmytro Aleksyeyev
  Ukraine
50 m breaststroke SB3
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Takayuki Suzuki
  Japan
Vicente Gil
  Spain
Miguel Luque
  Spain
100 m breaststroke SB4
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Ricardo Ten
  Spain
Daniel Dias
  Brazil
Moisés Fuentes
  Colombia
100 m breaststroke SB5
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Pedro Rangel
  Mexico
Thomas Grimm
  Germany
Tadhg Slattery
  South Africa
100 m breaststroke SB6
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Alexey Fomenkov
  Russia
Gareth Duke
  Great Britain
Matt Whorwood
  Great Britain
100 m breaststroke SB7
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Sascha Kindred
  Great Britain
Blake Cochrane
  Australia
Rudy Garcia-Tolson
  United States
100 m breaststroke SB8
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Andriy Kalyna
  Ukraine
Xiaofu Wang
  China
Alejandro Sánchez
  Spain
100 m breaststroke SB9
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Kevin Paul
  South Africa
Furong Lin
  China
Denis Dorogaev
  Russia
100 m breaststroke SB11
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Oleksandr Mashchenko
  Ukraine
Bozun Yang
  China
Viktor Smyrnov
  Ukraine
100 m breaststroke SB12
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Maksym Veraksa
  Ukraine
Sergei Punko
  Belarus
Sergii Klippert
  Ukraine
100 m breaststroke SB13
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Oleksii Fedyna
  Ukraine
Daniel Sharp
  New Zealand
Uladzimir Izotau
  Belarus
50 m butterfly S5
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Roy Perkins
  United States
Daniel Dias
  Brazil
Junquan He
  China
50 m butterfly S6
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Xu Qing
  China
Kyosuke Oyama
  Japan
Sascha Kindred
  Great Britain
50 m butterfly S7
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Rong Tian
  China
Matt Walker
  Great Britain
Mang Pei
  China
100 m butterfly S8
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Peter Leek
  Australia
Wei Yanpeng
  China
Wang Xiaofu
  China
100 m butterfly S9
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Tamás Sors
  Hungary
Matthew Cowdrey
  Australia
Guo Zhi
  China
100 m butterfly S10
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André Brasil
  Brazil
David Julian Levecq
  Spain
Mike van der Zanden
  Netherlands
100 m butterfly S11
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Enhamed Enhamed
  Spain
Oleksandr Mashchenko
  Ukraine
Junichi Kawai
  Japan
Viktor Smyrnov
  Ukraine
100 m butterfly S12
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Raman Makarau
  Belarus
Sergei Punko
  Belarus
Anton Stabrovskyy
  Ukraine
100 m butterfly S13
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Dzmitry Salei
  Belarus
Charalampos Taiganidis
  Greece
Andrey Strokin
  Russia
150 m individual medley SM4
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Cameron Leslie
  New Zealand
Vicente Javier Torres
  Spain
Takayuki Suzuki
  Japan
200 m individual medley SM5
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Daniel Dias
  Brazil
Junquan He
  China
Pablo Cimadevila Álvarez
  Spain
200 m individual medley SM6
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Sascha Kindred
  Great Britain
Yang Yuanrun
  China
Xu Qing
  China
200 m individual medley SM7
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Rudy Garcia-Tolson
  United States
Tian Rong
  China
Matt Walker
  Great Britain
200 m individual medley SM8
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Peter Leek
  Australia
Jiachao Wang
  China
Sam Hynd
  Great Britain
200 m individual medley SM9
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Matthew Cowdrey
  Australia
Andriy Kalyna
  Ukraine
Cody Bureau
  United States
200 m individual medley SM10
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Rick Pendleton
  Australia
André Brasil
  Brazil
Benoit Huot
  Canada
200 m individual medley SM12
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Maksym Veraksa
  Ukraine
Alexander Nevolin-Svetov
  Russia
Sergii Klippert
  Ukraine
200 m individual medley SM13
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Oleksii Fedyna
  Ukraine
Charalampos Taiganidis
  Greece
Dmytro Aleksyeyev
  Ukraine
4×50 m freestyle 20pts
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  China (CHN)
Jianping Du
Yuan Tang
Junguan He
Yuanrun Yang
  Spain (ESP)
Richard Oribe
Daniel Vidal
Jordi Gordillo
Sebastián Rodríguez
  Brazil (BRA)
Clodoaldo Silva
Joon Seo
Daniel Dias
Adriano Lima
4×100 m freestyle 34pts
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  Great Britain (GBR)
Matt Walker
Graham Edmunds
David Roberts
Robert Welbourn
  Australia (AUS)
Ben Austin
Peter Leek
Sam Bramham
Matthew Cowdrey
  China (CHN)
Xiaoming Xiong
Yanpeng Wei
Xiaofu Wang
Zhi Guo
4×50 m medley 20pts
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  China (CHN)
Du Jianping
Tang Yuan
Xu Qing
Yang Yuanrun
  Brazil (BRA)
Daniel Dias
Ivanildo Vasconcelos
Luis Silva
Clodoaldo Silva
  Spain (ESP)
Pablo Cimadevila
Vicente Gil
Daniel Vidal
Sebastián Rodríguez
4×100 m medley 34pts
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  Australia (AUS)
Matthew Cowdrey
Rick Pendleton
Peter Leek
Ben Austin
  China (CHN)
Guo Zhi
Lin Furong
Wang Xiaofu
Wei Yanpeng
  Ukraine (UKR)
Ievgen Poltavskyi
Andriy Kalyna
Andriy Sirovatchenko
Taras Yastremskyy

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle S3
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Patricia Valle
  Mexico
Pin Xiu Yip
  Singapore
Fran Williamson
  Great Britain
50 m freestyle S4
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Nely Miranda
  Mexico
Cheryl Angelelli
  United States
Edênia Garcia
  Brazil
50 m freestyle S5
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Teresa Perales
  Spain
Běla Hlaváčková
  Czech Republic
Olena Akopyan
  Ukraine
50 m freestyle S6
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Mirjam De Koning-Peper
  Netherlands
Doramitzi González
  Mexico
Natalie Jones
  Great Britain
50 m freestyle S7
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Cortney Jordan
  United States
Erin Popovich
  United States
Kirsten Bruhn
  Germany
50 m freestyle S8
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Cecilie Drabsch Norland
  Norway
Amanda Everlove
  United States
Jacqueline Freney
  Australia
50 m freestyle S9
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Natalie du Toit
  South Africa
Irina Grazhdanova
  Russia
Louise Watkin
  Great Britain
50 m freestyle S10
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Anne Polinario
  Canada
Katarzyna Pawlik
  Poland
Katrina Lewis
  Australia
50 m freestyle S11
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Maria Poiani Panigati
  Italy
Cecilia Camellini
  Italy
Fabiana Sugimori
  Brazil
50 m freestyle S12
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Oxana Savchenko
  Russia
Anna Efimenko
  Russia
Deborah Font
  Spain
50 m freestyle S13
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Kelley Becherer
  United States
Valerie Grand'Maison
  Canada
Iryna Balashova
  Ukraine
100 m freestyle S4
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Nely Miranda
  Mexico
Cheryl Angelelli
  United States
Aimee Bruder
  United States
100 m freestyle S5
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Teresa Perales
  Spain
Inbal Pezaro
  Israel
Běla Hlaváčková
  Czech Republic
100 m freestyle S6
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Eleanor Simmonds
  Great Britain
Mirjam De Koning-Peper
  Netherlands
Doramitzi González
  Mexico
100 m freestyle S7
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Erin Popovich
  United States
Cortney Jordan
  United States
Kirsten Bruhn
  Germany
100 m freestyle S8
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Jessica Long
  United States
Heather Frederiksen
  Great Britain
Jacqueline Freney
  Australia
100 m freestyle S9
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Natalie du Toit
  South Africa
Louise Watkin
  Great Britain
Stephanie Dixon
  Canada
100 m freestyle S10
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Ashley Owens
  United States
Katarzyna Pawlik
  Poland
Anna Eames
  United States
100 m freestyle S11
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Qing Xie
  China
Cecilia Camellini
  Italy
Daniela Schulte
  Germany
100 m freestyle S12
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Oxana Savchenko
  Russia
Anna Efimenko
  Russia
Joanna Mendak
  Poland
100 m freestyle S13
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Valerie Grand'Maison
  Canada
Chelsey Gotell
  Canada
Kelley Becherer
  United States
200 m freestyle S5
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Teresa Perales
  Spain
Inbal Pezaro
  Israel
Olena Akopyan
  Ukraine
400 m freestyle S6
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Eleanor Simmonds
  Great Britain
Mirjam De Koning-Peper
  Netherlands
Maria Goetze
  Germany
400 m freestyle S7
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Erin Popovich
  United States
Cortney Jordan
  United States
Kirsten Bruhn
  Germany
400 m freestyle S8
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Jessica Long
  United States
Heather Frederiksen
  Great Britain
Jacqueline Freney
  Australia
400 m freestyle S9
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Natalie du Toit
  South Africa
Stephanie Dixon
  Canada
Ellie Cole
  Australia
400 m freestyle S10
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Katarzyna Pawlik
  Poland
Ashley Owens
  United States
Susan Beth Scott
  United States
400 m freestyle S13
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Valerie Grand'Maison
  Canada
Anna Efimenko
  Russia
Kelley Becherer
  United States
Chelsey Gotell
  Canada
50 m backstroke S2
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Ganna Ielisavetska
  Ukraine
Iryna Sotska
  Ukraine
Sara Carracelas
  Spain
50 m backstroke S3
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Yip Pin Xiu
  Singapore
Fran Williamson
  Great Britain
Xia Jiangbo
  China
50 m backstroke S5
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Běla Hlaváčková
  Czech Republic
Teresa Perales
  Spain
Karina Lauridsen
  Denmark
100 m backstroke S6
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Mirjam De Koning-Peper
  Netherlands
Nyree Lewis
  Great Britain
Fuying Jiang
  China
100 m backstroke S7
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Katrina Porter
  Australia
Kirsten Bruhn
  Germany
Chantal Boonacker
  Netherlands
100 m backstroke S8
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Heather Frederiksen
  Great Britain
Jessica Long
  United States
Mariann Vestbostad
  Norway
100 m backstroke S9
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Stephanie Dixon
  Canada
Elizabeth Stone
  United States
Ellie Cole
  Australia
100 m backstroke S10
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Sophie Pascoe
  New Zealand
Shireen Sapiro
  South Africa
Esther Morales
  Spain
100 m backstroke S13
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Chelsey Gotell
  Canada
Valerie Grand'Maison
  Canada
Anna Efimenko
  Russia
100 m breaststroke SB4
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Běla Hlaváčková
  Czech Republic
Inbal Pezaro
  Israel
Teresa Perales
  Spain
100 m breaststroke SB5
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Kirsten Bruhn
  Germany
Rachel Lardière
  France
Gitta Ráczkó
  Hungary
100 m breaststroke SB6
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Elizabeth Johnson
  Great Britain
Sarah Bowen
  Australia
Deborah Gruen
  United States
100 m breaststroke SB7
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Erin Popovich
  United States
Min Huang
  China
Jessica Long
  United States
100 m breaststroke SB8
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Olesya Vladykina
  Russia
Paulina Wozniak
  Poland
Claire Cashmore
  Great Britain
100 m breaststroke SB9
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Sophie Pascoe
  New Zealand
Sarai Gascón
  Spain
Louise Watkin
  Great Britain
100 m breaststroke SB12
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Karolina Pelendritou
  Cyprus
Sandra Gomez
  Spain
Yaryna Matlo
  Ukraine
50 m butterfly S6
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Fuying Jiang
  China
Anastasia Diodorova
  Russia
Olena Akopyan
  Ukraine
50 m butterfly S7
details
Min Huang
  China
Erin Popovich
  United States
Verônica Almeida
  Brazil
100 m butterfly S8
details
Jessica Long
  United States
Amanda Everlove
  United States
Jin Xiaoqin
  China
100 m butterfly S9
details
Natalie du Toit
  South Africa
Ellie Cole
  Australia
Annabelle Williams
  Australia
100 m butterfly S10
details
Anna Eames
  United States
Sophie Pascoe
  New Zealand
Shuai Wang
  China
100 m butterfly S12
details
Joanna Mendak
  Poland
Ana García-Arcicollar
  Spain
Yuliya Volkova
  Ukraine
100 m butterfly S13
details
Valérie Grand'Maison
  Canada
Kirby Cote
  Canada
Chelsey Gotell
  Canada
150 m individual medley SM4
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Karina Lauridsen
  Denmark
Marayke Jonkers
  Australia
Patricia Valle
  Mexico
200 m individual medley SM6
details
Miranda Uhl
  United States
Maria Goetze
  Germany
Natalie Jones
  Great Britain
200 m individual medley SM7
details
Erin Popovich
  United States
Huang Min
  China
Cortney Jordan
  United States
200 m individual medley SM8
details
Jessica Long
  United States
Amanda Everlove
  United States
Heather Frederiksen
  Great Britain
200 m individual medley SM9
details
Natalie du Toit
  South Africa
Stephanie Dixon
  Canada
Louise Watkin
  Great Britain
200 m individual medley SM10
details
Sophie Pascoe
  New Zealand
Elodie Lorandi
  France
Katarzyna Pawlik
  Poland
200 m individual medley SM12
details
Oxana Savchenko
  Russia
Joanna Mendak
  Poland
Karolina Pelendritou
  Cyprus
200 m individual medley SM13
details
Chelsey Gotell
  Canada
Kirby Cote
  Canada
Valérie Grand'Maison
  Canada

See also

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References

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  • "Schedules and Results – Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
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