Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S8

Women's 50 metre freestyle S8 at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates	16 September
Competitors	15 from 8 nations
Medalists
Maddison Elliott   Australia   Lakeisha Patterson   Australia   Jiang Shengnan   China

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 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.

Records

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

World record	Maddison Elliott (AUS)	30.13	Brisbane, Australia	1 April 2014
Paralympic record	Mallory Weggemann (USA)	31.13	London, Great Britain	2 September 2012

Source: "Rio Results Book - Event No. 127" (PDF). Rio 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016. 

Heats

Heat 1

10:09 16 September 2016

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Millward, StephanieStephanie Millward	Great Britain	30.82	Q PR
2	2	Shengnan, JiangJiang Shengnan	China	30.89	Q
3	4	Patterson, LakeishaLakeisha Patterson	Australia	30.97	Q
4	3	Istomina, KaterynaKateryna Istomina	Ukraine	32.06	Q
5	7	Tripp, AbiAbi Tripp	Canada	32.39
6	1	Vinther, AmilieAmilie Vinther	Denmark	33.89
7	8	Duchesne, SabrinaSabrina Duchesne	Canada	34.87

Heat 2

10:12 16 September 2016

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Elliott, MaddisonMaddison Elliott	Australia	30.83	Q
2	5	Slater, StephanieStephanie Slater	Great Britain	31.17	Q
3	6	Bird, MorganMorgan Bird	Canada	31.49	Q
4	7	Xiaoqin, JinJin Xiaoqin	Canada	31.70	Q
5	3	Long, JessicaJessica Long	United States	32.22
6	2	Weggemann, MalloryMallory Weggemann	United States	33.09
7	1	Brickelle, BroBro Brickelle	United States	34.93
8	8	Floriankova, AnezkaAnezka Floriankova	Czech Republic	36.05

Final

18:03 11 September 2016

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	5	Elliott, MaddisonMaddison Elliott	Australia	29.73	WR PR
02 !	6	Patterson, LakeishaLakeisha Patterson	Australia	30.13
03 !	3	Shengnan, JiangJiang Shengnan	China	30.53
4	2	Slater, StephanieStephanie Slater	Great Britain	30.54
5	4	Millward, StephanieStephanie Millward	Great Britain	30.73
6	8	Istomina, KaterynaKateryna Istomina	Ukraine	31.05
7	7	Bird, MorganMorgan Bird	Canada	31.29
8	1	Xiaoqin, JinJin Xiaoqin	China	32.09

References

• "Women's 50m Freestyle - S8 - Heats". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 30 September 2016. 
• "Women's 50m Freestyle - S8 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 30 September 2016.