Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre backstroke S3

Women's 50m Backstroke S3 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	10 from 9 nations
Winning time	58.75
Medalists
Yip Pin Xiu   Singapore   Fran Williamson   Great Britain   Xia Jiangbo   China

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 50m backstroke S3 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:47.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Conradi, AnnkeAnnke Conradi	Germany	1:07.61	Q
2	Xia Jiangbo	China	1:13.73	Q
3	Valle, PatriciaPatricia Valle	Mexico	1:17.89	Q
4	Kolbe, BethBeth Kolbe	United States	1:18.81	Q
5	Vaza, PerpetuaPerpetua Vaza	Portugal	1:21.95

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yip Pin Xiu	Singapore	57.92	Q, WR
2	Williamson, FranFran Williamson	Great Britain	1:06.75	Q
3	Overton, EstherEsther Overton	Australia	1:12.49	Q
4	Shannon, SarahSarah Shannon	South Africa	1:14.24	Q
5	Ramirez, FabiolaFabiola Ramirez	Mexico	1:21.71

Final

Competed at 18:12.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Yip Pin Xiu	Singapore	58.75
	Williamson, FranFran Williamson	Great Britain	1:06.07
	Xia Jiangbo	China	1:07.97
4	Valle, PatriciaPatricia Valle	Mexico	1:12.88
5	Overton, EstherEsther Overton	Australia	1:13.33
6	Shannon, SarahSarah Shannon	South Africa	1:13.83
7	Conradi, AnnkeAnnke Conradi	Germany	1:14.93
8	Kolbe, BethBeth Kolbe	United States	1:17.97

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 50m Backstroke S3". 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.