Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle S8

Women's 100 metre freestyle S8 at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates	11 September
Competitors	14 from 9 nations
Medalists
Maddison Elliott   Australia   Lakeisha Patterson   Australia   Stephanie Millward   Great Britain

Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8
	S9	S10	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle	S3	S5	S6	S7	S8
	S9	S10	S11	S13
200 m freestyle	S5	S14
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S13
50 m backstroke	S2	S3	S4	S5
100 m backstroke	S2	S6	S7	S8	S9
	S10	S11	S12	S13	S14
50 m breaststroke	SB3
100 m breaststroke	SB4	SB5	SB6	SB7	SB8
	SB9	SB11	SB13	SB14
50 m butterfly	S5	S6	S7
100 m butterfly	S8	S9	S10	S13
150 m medley	SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM13	SM14
Freestyle relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The women's 100 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 11 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held, with seven swimmers in each. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final, which was won by Australia's Maddison Elliott.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:

World record	Maddison Elliott (AUS)	1:04:71	Glasgow, Great Britain	2015
Paralympic record	Maddison Elliott (AUS)	1:04:73	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2016

Heats

Heat 1

11:20 11 September 2016

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Long, JessicaJessica Long	United States	1:06.07	Q
2	5	Patterson, LakeishaLakeisha Patterson	Australia	1:07.45	Q
3	2	Tripp, AbiAbi Tripp	Canada	1:10.30	Q
4	3	Weggemann, MalloryMallory Weggemann	United States	1:11.17	Q
5	6	Vinther, AmalieAmalie Vinther	Denmark	1:11.90
6	7	Duskova, VendulaVendula Duskova	Czech Republic	1:15.80
6	1	Kelly, AilbheAilbhe Kelly	Ireland	1:20.65

Heat 2

11:23 11 September 2016

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Elliott, MaddisonMaddison Elliott	Australia	1:07.69	Q
2	5	Millward, StephanieStephanie Millward	Great Britain	1:08.24	Q
3	7	Jeronimo de Araujo , CeciliaCecilia Jeronimo de Araujo	Brazil	1:09.73	Q
4	6	Bird, MorganMorgan Bird	Canada	1:09.92	Q
5	2	Bro, BrickelleBrickelle Bro	United States	1:14.41
6	1	Duchesne, SabrinaSabrina Duchesne	Canada	1:15.41
7	8	Floriankova, AnezkaAnezka Floriankova	Czech Republic	1:20.29

Final

19:36 11 September 2016

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	3	Elliott, MaddisonMaddison Elliott	Australia	1:04.73	PR
02 !	5	Patterson, LakeishaLakeisha Patterson	Australia	1:05.08
03 !	6	Millward, StephanieStephanie Millward	Great Britain	1:05.16
4	4	Long, JesicaJesica Long	United States	1:05.72
5	7	Bird, MorganMorgan Bird	Canada	1:09.67
6	2	Jeronimo de Araujo, CeciliaCecilia Jeronimo de Araujo	Brazil	1:09.83
7	1	Tripp, AbiAbi Tripp	Canada	1:10.40
8	8	Weggemann, MalloryMallory Weggemann	United States	1.11.80

References

• "Women's 100m Freestyle - S8 - Heats". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 30 September 2016. 
• "Women's 100m Freestyle - S8 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 30 September 2016.