Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S9

Women's 400m Freestyle S9 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	12 September
Competitors	18 from 12 nations
Winning time	4:23.81
Medalists
Natalie du Toit   South Africa   Stephanie Dixon   Canada   Ellie Cole   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 400m freestyle S9 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 12 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 11:11.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Reppe, ChristianeChristiane Reppe	Germany	4:54.25	Q
2	Stone, ElizabethElizabeth Stone	United States	5:01.24	Q
3	Secci, FrancescaFrancesca Secci	Italy	5:08.76
4	Wang Qian	China	5:22.67
5	Grazhdanova, IrinaIrina Grazhdanova	Russia	5:23.29
	Sales, DardaDarda Sales	Canada		DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cole, EllieEllie Cole	Australia	4:45.17	Q
2	Dixon, StephanieStephanie Dixon	Canada	4:47.78	Q
3	Drennan, AmandaAmanda Drennan	Australia	5:04.62	Q
4	Stockwell, MelissaMelissa Stockwell	United States	5:09.89
5	Marques, LeilaLeila Marques	Portugal	5:10.30
6	Diepoldova, TerezaTereza Diepoldova	Czech Republic	5:22.92

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	du Toit, NatalieNatalie du Toit	South Africa	4:24.75	Q, PR
2	Watkin, LouiseLouise Watkin	Great Britain	4:54.46	Q
3	Gray, BrittanyBrittany Gray	Canada	5:01.29	Q
4	Meenderink, MendyMendy Meenderink	Netherlands	5:06.97
5	Steadman, LaurenLauren Steadman	Great Britain	5:10.10
6	Dun Longjuan	China	5:25.70

Final

Competed at 20:17.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	du Toit, NatalieNatalie du Toit	South Africa	4:23.81	WR
	Dixon, StephanieStephanie Dixon	Canada	4:39.73
	Cole, EllieEllie Cole	Australia	4:44.60
4	Stone, ElizabethElizabeth Stone	United States	4:46.53
5	Watkin, LouiseLouise Watkin	Great Britain	4:47.14
6	Reppe, ChristianeChristiane Reppe	Germany	4:51.59
7	Gray, BrittanyBrittany Gray	Canada	4:58.08
8	Drennan, AmandaAmanda Drennan	Australia	5:07.24

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. DQ = Disqualified.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 400m Freestyle S9". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2012.