Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S8

Women's 50m Freestyle S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	15 from 10 nations
Winning time	32.09
Medalists
Cecilie Drabsch Norland   Norway   Amanda Everlove   United States   Jacqueline Freney   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 50m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:33.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Norland, Cecilie DrabschCecilie Drabsch Norland	Norway	32.11	Q
2	Jiang Shengnan	China	32.38	Q
3	Xu Yanru	China	32.44	Q
4	Freney, JacquelineJacqueline Freney	Australia	32.49	Q
5	Chen Zhonglan	China	33.36
6	Vengerovskaya, AnnaAnna Vengerovskaya	Russia	35.36
7	Cole, AndreaAndrea Cole	Canada	37.41
8	Aguilar, DesireDesire Aguilar	Panama	43.22

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Long, JessicaJessica Long	United States	32.54	Q
2	Frederiksen, HeatherHeather Frederiksen	Great Britain	32.79	Q
3	Everlove, AmandaAmanda Everlove	United States	32.96	Q
4	Andreasen, HeidiHeidi Andreasen	Faroe Islands	33.20	Q
5	Kabus, JuliaJulia Kabus	Germany	34.44
6	Weinberg, StefanieStefanie Weinberg	Germany	34.95
7	Oliver, RhiannonRhiannon Oliver	Australia	35.25

Final

Competed at 19:38.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Norland, Cecilie DrabschCecilie Drabsch Norland	Norway	32.09
	Everlove, AmandaAmanda Everlove	United States	32.20
	Freney, JacquelineJacqueline Freney	Australia	32.37
4	Jiang Shengnan	China	32.47
5	Xu Yanru	China	32.54
6	Long, JessicaJessica Long	United States	32.58
7	Frederiksen, HeatherHeather Frederiksen	Great Britain	32.59
8	Andreasen, HeidiHeidi Andreasen	Faroe Islands	32.66

Q = qualified for final.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 50m Freestyle S8". 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.