Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S13

Women's 50 metre freestyle S13 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	1 September
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Medalists
Kelley Becherer   United States   Valerie Grand-Maison   Canada   Prue Watt   Australia

Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle			S3		S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle			S3		S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle					S5
				S14
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12
50 m backstroke		S2		S4
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12		S14
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13	SB14
50 m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
		S12
200 m ind. medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The women's 50 metre freestyle S13 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 1 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Two heats were held, one with seven swimmers and one with eight competitors. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.^[1]

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Kelley Becherer	United States	27.70	Q, AM
2	1	5	Prue Watt	Australia	27.75	Q, OC
3	1	4	Valerie Grand-Maison	Canada	28.33	Q
4	2	5	Iryna Balashova	Ukraine	28.87	Q
5	2	3	Rhiannon Henry	Great Britain	29.06	Q
6	1	3	Teigan van Roosmalen	Australia	29.40	Q
7	1	2	Elena Krawzow	Germany	29.65	Q
8	2	6	Rebecca Anne Meyers	United States	29.97	Q
9	1	6	Rhea Schmidt	Canada	30.07
10	1	7	Leticia Freitas	Brazil	30.16
11	2	2	Begona Curero	Spain	30.45
12	2	7	Colleen Young	United States	30.57
13	2	1	Maryia Charniatsova	Belarus	30.63
14	2	8	Marike Naude	South Africa	32.07
15	1	1	Naomi Ciorap	Romania	32.53

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Kelley Becherer	United States	27.46	AM
	3	Valerie Grand-Maison	Canada	27.91
	5	Prue Watt	Australia	27.94
4	6	Iryna Balashova	Ukraine	28.66
5	8	Rebecca Anne Meyers	United States	29.21
6	7	Teigan van Roosmalen	Australia	29.40
7	2	Rhiannon Henry	Great Britain	29.41
8	1	Elena Krawzow	Germany	29.46

References

1. "Women's 50m Freestyle - S13 - Paralympic Swimming". LOCOG. Retrieved 11 September 2012.