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

Women's 50m Freestyle S6 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	13 from 10 nations
Winning time	35.60
Medalists
Mirjam de Koning-Peper   Netherlands   Doramitzi Gonzalez   Mexico   Natalie Jones   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 S6 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 10:18.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jones, NatalieNatalie Jones	Great Britain	38.13	Q
2	Gonzalez, DoramitziDoramitzi Gonzalez	Mexico	38.20	Q
3	Uhl, MirandaMiranda Uhl	United States	39.20	Q
4	Rose, SarahSarah Rose	Australia	40.90
5	Johnson, CaseyCasey Johnson	United States	41.95
	Jiang Fuying	China		DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	de Koning-Peper, MirjamMirjam de Koning-Peper	Netherlands	36.38	Q
2	Nara, ErikaErika Nara	Japan	37.46	Q
3	Simmonds, EleanorEleanor Simmonds	Great Britain	38.39	Q
4	Goetze, MariaMaria Goetze	Germany	38.70	Q
5	Johnson, ElizabethElizabeth Johnson	Great Britain	39.71	Q
6	Luo Alice Hsiao Hung	Chinese Taipei	44.42
	Shwartz, InbalInbal Shwartz	Israel		DNS

Final

Competed at 19:30.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	de Koning-Peper, MirjamMirjam de Koning-Peper	Netherlands	35.60	WR
	Gonzalez, DoramitziDoramitzi Gonzalez	Mexico	36.52
	Jones, NatalieNatalie Jones	Great Britain	37.21
4	Goetze, MariaMaria Goetze	Germany	37.28
5	Simmonds, EleanorEleanor Simmonds	Great Britain	37.77
6	Nara, ErikaErika Nara	Japan	38.32
7	Uhl, MirandaMiranda Uhl	United States	39.14
8	Johnson, ElizabethElizabeth Johnson	Great Britain	39.41

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. DQ = Disqualified. DNS = Did not start.

References

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