Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre butterfly S6

Women's 50m Butterfly S6 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	13 September
Competitors	14 from 11 nations
Winning time	38.44
Medalists
Jiang Fuying   China   Anastasia Diodorova   Russia   Olena Akopyan   Ukraine

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 butterfly S6 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 13 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:21.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Akopyan, OlenaOlena Akopyan	Ukraine	40.51	Q, WR
2	Rose, SarahSarah Rose	Australia	41.37	Q
3	Gonzalez, DoramitziDoramitzi Gonzalez	Mexico	44.00
4	Jones, NatalieNatalie Jones	Great Britain	44.69
5	Johnson, ElizabethElizabeth Johnson	Great Britain	45.94
6	Perales, Maria TeresaMaria Teresa Perales	Spain	48.05
7	Shavel, NatalliaNatallia Shavel	Belarus	48.72

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jiang Fuying	China	39.32	Q
2	Shwartz, InbalInbal Shwartz	Israel	40.79	Q
3	Diodorova, AnastasiaAnastasia Diodorova	Russia	40.90	Q
4	Simmonds, EleanorEleanor Simmonds	Great Britain	43.69	Q
5	Uhl, MirandaMiranda Uhl	United States	43.98	Q
6	Johnson, CaseyCasey Johnson	United States	43.99	Q
7	Goetze, MariaMaria Goetze	Germany	44.65

Final

Competed at 17:16.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jiang Fuying	China	38.44	WR
	Diodorova, AnastasiaAnastasia Diodorova	Russia	39.93
	Akopyan, OlenaOlena Akopyan	Ukraine	40.72
4	Rose, SarahSarah Rose	Australia	40.95
5	Schwartz, InbalInbal Schwartz	Israel	41.05
6	Johnson, CaseyCasey Johnson	United States	42.35
7	Uhl, MirandaMiranda Uhl	United States	42.50
8	Simmonds, EleanorEleanor Simmonds	Great Britain	43.14

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 50m Butterfly S6". 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.