Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle S8

Women's 100m Freestyle S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	8 September
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Winning time	1:06.91
Medalists
Jessica Long   United States   Heather Frederiksen   Great Britain   Jacqueline Freney   Australia

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle			S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle				S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle					S5
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
			S13
50 m backstroke		S2	S3		S5
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
					S13
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
		SB12
50 m butterfly	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
		S12	S13
150 m ind. medley				SM4
200 m ind. medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13

The women's 100m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:49.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Freney, JacquelineJacqueline Freney	Australia	1:09.92	Q
2	Xu Yanru	China	1:13.51	Q
3	Weinberg, StefanieStefanie Weinberg	Germany	1:14.65
4	Oliver, RhiannonRhiannon Oliver	Australia	1:15.57
5	Cole, AndreaAndrea Cole	Canada	1:19.58

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Frederiksen, HeatherHeather Frederiksen	Great Britain	1:09.93	Q
2	Kabus, JuliaJulia Kabus	Germany	1:12.64	Q
3	Vestbostad, MariannMariann Vestbostad	Norway	1:14.62
4	Vengerovskaya, AnnaAnna Vengerovskaya	Russia	1:20.89
5	Aguilar, DesireDesire Aguilar	Panama	1:31.84

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Long, JessicaJessica Long	United States	1:06.81	Q, WR
2	Everlove, AmandaAmanda Everlove	United States	1:10.84	Q
3	Norland, Cecilie DrabschCecilie Drabsch Norland	Norway	1:11.68	Q
4	Andreasen, HeidiHeidi Andreasen	Faroe Islands	1:12.77	Q
5	Chen Zhonglan	China	1:17.13
6	Lira, ValeriaValeria Lira	Brazil	1:20.16

Final

Competed at 20:01.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Long, JessicaJessica Long	United States	1:06.91
	Frederiksen, HeatherHeather Frederiksen	Great Britain	1:08.48
	Freney, JacquelineJacqueline Freney	Australia	1:08.56
4	Everlove, AmandaAmanda Everlove	United States	1:10.65
5	Norland, Cecilie DrabschCecilie Drabsch Norland	Norway	1:11.88
6	Andreasen, HeidiHeidi Andreasen	Faroe Islands	1:11.99
7	Kabus, JuliaJulia Kabus	Germany	}