Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle S8

Last updated

Women's 100m Freestyle S8
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates8 September
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Winning time1:06.91
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jessica Long Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Heather Frederiksen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Jacqueline Freney Flag of Australia.svg  Australia

The women's 100m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Contents

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:49.

Heat 1

Results of heat 1 [1]
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jacqueline Freney Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:09.92Q
2 Xu Yanru Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:13.51Q
3 Stefanie Weinberg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:14.65
4 Rhiannon Oliver Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:15.57
5 Andrea Cole Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:19.58

Heat 2

Results of heat 2 [1]
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Heather Frederiksen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:09.93Q
2 Julia Kabus Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:12.64Q
3 Mariann Vestbostad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:14.62
4 Anna Vengerovskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:20.89
5 Desire Aguilar Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1:31.84

Heat 3

Results of heat 3 [1]
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jessica Long Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06.81Q, WR
2 Amanda Everlove Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:10.84Q
3 Cecilie Drabsch Norland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:11.68Q
4 Heidi Andreasen Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 1:12.77Q
5 Chen Zhonglan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:17.13
6 Valeria Lira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:20.16

Final

Competed at 20:01.

Results of the finals [1]
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jessica Long Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06.91
Silver medal icon.svg Heather Frederiksen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:08.48
Bronze medal icon.svg Jacqueline Freney Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:08.56
4 Amanda Everlove Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:10.65
5 Cecilie Drabsch Norland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:11.88
6 Heidi Andreasen Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 1:11.99
7 Julia Kabus Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:12.68
8 Xu Yanru Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:13.66

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Baltimore Aquatic Club</span> Maryland swim club

The North Baltimore Aquatic Club (NBAC) is a swim club based in and around Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1968, it continues to offer training for young swimmers. It is best known for developing a dozen Olympic swimmers, six of whom earned gold medals.

Heidi Andreasen is a Faroese swimmer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heather Frederiksen</span> British Paralympic swimmer

Heather Frederiksen MBE is a retired British Paralympic swimmer. She is former world record holder in the women's S8 100 m backstroke, 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle events. As of June 2017, she still holds European records in the S8 200 m and 400 m freestyle. Frederiksen is a two time Paralympic champion in the 100m backstroke S8 classification, and has won eight Paralympic medals in all.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keren Leibovitch</span> Israeli Paralympic swimmer

Keren Or Leibovitch is an Israeli Paralympic swimmer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Blake Cochrane</span> Australian Paralympic swimmer

Blake Cochrane, is a retired Australian Paralympic swimmer. He won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, two gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympics, a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, and a silver and one bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacqueline Freney</span> Australian Paralympic swimmer

Jacqueline Rose "Jacqui" Freney is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 2012 London Games, she broke Siobhan Paton's Australian record of six gold medals at a single Games by winning her seventh gold medal in the Women's 400 m Freestyle S7. She finished the Games with eight gold medals, more than any other participant in the Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">S8 (classification)</span> Disability swimming classification

S8, SB7, SM8 are disability swimming classifications used for categorizing swimmers based on their level of disability. This class includes a number of different disabilities including people with amputations and cerebral palsy. The classification is governed by the International Paralympic Committee, and competes at the Paralympic Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maddison Elliott</span> Australian Paralympic swimmer

Maddison Gae Elliott, is an Australian swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she became the youngest Australian Paralympic medallist by winning bronze medals in the women's 400 m and 100 m freestyle S8 events. She then became the youngest Australian gold medallist when she was a member of the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34 points team. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won three gold and two silver medals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephanie Millward</span> British Paralympic swimmer

Stephanie Millward, is a British Paralympic swimmer.

The men'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.

The men's 100m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

The men's 400m freestyle S8 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.

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.

The women's 400m freestyle S8 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.

The women's 100m backstroke S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 10 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

The women's 100m butterfly S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 7 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 IPC Swimming World Championships</span>

The 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships was the seventh IPC Swimming World Championships, an international swimming competition, the biggest meet for athletes with a disability since the 2012 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and lasted from 12 to 18 August. Around 530 athletes competed from 57 different countries. The event was held in the Parc Jean Drapeau Aquatic Complex located at the Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal. 172 events were contested with 43 new world records set.

Thomas Young is a British Paralympic swimmer. He represented Britain at the 2012 London Paralympics and has won medals at both the long course and short course World Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mariann Marthinsen</span>

Mariann Marthinsen is a Norwegian cross-country skier and swimmer. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and won Norway's only gold medal at 2014 Winter Paralympics.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Beijing 2008 - swimming - womens-100-m-freestyle-s8" . Retrieved 2024-02-09.