Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB5

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Women's 100m Breaststroke SB5
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 12 September
Competitors 12 from 10 nations
Winning time 1:36.92
Medalists
Kirsten Bruhn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Rachel Lardiere Flag of France.svg  France
Gitta Raczko Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

The women's 100m breaststroke SB5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 12 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

2008 Summer Paralympics

The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the 13th Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao.

Beijing National Aquatics Center architectural structure

The Beijing National Aquatics Center, also officially known as the National Aquatics Center, and colloquially known as the Water Cube, is an aquatics center that was built alongside Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Green for the swimming competitions of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Despite its nickname, the building is not an actual cube, but a cuboid. Ground was broken on December 24, 2003, and the Center was completed and handed over for use on January 28, 2008. Swimmers at the Water Cube broke 25 world records during the 2008 Olympics.

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Results

Heats

Competed from 10:25.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lancial, Florence Florence Lancial Flag of France.svg  France 1:54.99 Q
2 Shavel, Natallia Natallia Shavel Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1:56.14 Q
3 Lewis, Nyree Nyree Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:00.45 Q
4 Kitamura, Yuri Yuri Kitamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:02.68 Q
5 Clarke, Hannah May Hannah May Clarke Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:06.33
6 Castelló, Julia Julia Castelló Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:10.71

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bruhn, Kirsten Kirsten Bruhn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:36.30 Q, WR
2 Lardiere, Rachel Rachel Lardiere Flag of France.svg  France 1:53.90 Q
3 Raczko, Gitta Gitta Raczko Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:56.88 Q
4 Illes, Fanni Fanni Illes Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:06.29 Q
5 Demyanenko, Kateryna Kateryna Demyanenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:07.10
6 Choi Na Mi Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 2:10.96

Final

Competed at 18:48.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Bruhn, Kirsten Kirsten Bruhn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:36.92
Lardiere, Rachel Rachel Lardiere Flag of France.svg  France 1:52.34
Raczko, Gitta Gitta Raczko Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:54.49
4 Lewis, Nyree Nyree Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:56.19
5 Lancial, Florence Florence Lancial Flag of France.svg  France 1:56.73
6 Shavel, Natallia Natallia Shavel Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1:57.69
7 Kitamura, Yuri Yuri Kitamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:03.41
8 Illes, Fanni Fanni Illes Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:07.52

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

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