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

Women's 50m Freestyle S3 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	13 September
Competitors	14 from 11 nations
Winning time	57.05
Medalists
Patricia Valle   Mexico   Yip Pin Xiu   Singapore   Fran Williamson   Great Britain

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 freestyle S3 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 10:26.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Xia Jiangbo	China	1:05.83	Q
2	Conradi, AnnkeAnnke Conradi	Germany	1:07.76	Q
3	Overton, EstherEsther Overton	Australia	1:11.99	Q
4	Shannon, SarahSarah Shannon	South Africa	1:15.59	Q
5	Carracelas, SaraSara Carracelas	Spain	1:17.28
6	Watts, DanielleDanielle Watts	Great Britain	1:28.74	PR
7	Liaskou, MariaMaria Liaskou	Greece	1:29.31

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yip Pin Xiu	Singapore	57.04	Q, WR
2	Valle, PatriciaPatricia Valle	Mexico	59.84	Q
3	Williamson, FranFran Williamson	Great Britain	1:05.39	Q
4	Kolbe, BethBeth Kolbe	United States	1:11.69	Q
5	Vaza, PerpetuaPerpetua Vaza	Portugal	1:16.18
6	Ramirez, FabiolaFabiola Ramirez	Mexico	1:17.92
7	Kalpakidou, MariaMaria Kalpakidou	Greece	1:25.39

Final

Competed at 19:26.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Valle, PatriciaPatricia Valle	Mexico	57.05
	Yip Pin Xiu	Singapore	57.43
	Williamson, FranFran Williamson	Great Britain	1:04.22
4	Xia Jiangbo	China	1:08.32
5	Kolbe, BethBeth Kolbe	United States	1:10.55
6	Overton, EstherEsther Overton	Australia	1:12.26
7	Shannon, SarahSarah Shannon	South Africa	1:13.39
8	Conradi, AnnkeAnnke Conradi	Germany	1:17.94

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

References

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