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

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

Women's 50 metre freestyle S8
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates2 September
Competitors17 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mallory Weggemann  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maddison Elliott  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jiang Shengnan  China

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

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 6 Maddison Elliott   Australia 31.57 Q, OC
2 2 5 Jessica Long   United States 31.61 Q, AM
3 3 4 Jiang Shengnan   China 31.81 Q
4 2 4 Olesya Vladykina   Russia 31.93 Q
5 3 5 Mallory Weggemann   United States 32.01 Q
6 1 4 Heather Frederiksen   Great Britain 32.34 Q
7 3 2 Kateryna Istomina   Ukraine 32.39 Q
8 3 6 Morgan Bird   Canada 32.67 Q
9 2 3 Stefanie Weinberg   Germany 32.68
10 3 3 Ksenia Sogomonyan   Russia 32.92
11 1 5 Chen Zhonglan   China 32.96
12 1 6 Amalie Vinther   Denmark 33.10
13 1 3 Amanda Everlove   United States 34.02
14 2 7 Immacolata Cerasuolo   Italy 34.53
15 2 2 Romy Pansters   Netherlands 34.66
16 3 7 Julia Kabus   Germany 35.00
17 1 2 Mariann Vestbostad   Norway 35.25

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  2 Mallory Weggemann   United States 31.13 PR
  4 Maddison Elliott   Australia 31.44 OC
  3 Jiang Shengnan   China 31.55
4 6 Olesya Vladykina   Russia 31.59
5 5 Jessica Long   United States 31.71
6 7 Heather Frederiksen   Great Britain 31.93
7 1 Kateryna Istomina   Ukraine 32.05
8 8 Morgan Bird   Canada 32.70

References

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  1. ^ "Women's 50m Freestyle - S8". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.