Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley SM7

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Women's 200m Individual Medley SM7
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 7 September
Competitors 13 from 8 nations
Winning time 2:54.61
Medalists
Erin Popovich Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Huang Min Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Cortney Jordan Flag of the United States.svg  United States

The women's 200m individual medley SM7 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.

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 Rogers, Shelley Shelley Rogers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:17.34 Q
2 Huang Min Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3:21.00 Q
3 Guseva, Oxana Oxana Guseva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3:24.21 Q
4 Prokeinova, Margita Margita Prokeinova Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3:29.86 Q
5 Jensen, Laura Laura Jensen Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 3:30.98
Nelson, Brianna Brianna Nelson Flag of Canada.svg  Canada DQ

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Popovich, Erin Erin Popovich Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:01.21 Q, PR
2 Jordan, Cortney Cortney Jordan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:15.89 Q
3 Raczko, Gitta Gitta Raczko Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:28.30 Q
4 Gruen, Deborah Deborah Gruen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:29.16 Q
5 Loureiro, Lalita Lalita Loureiro Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:33.05
6 McDougall, Steph Steph McDougall Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 3:46.26
Porter, Katrina Katrina Porter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DQ

Final

Competed at 19:17.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Popovich, Erin Erin Popovich Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:54.61 WR
Huang Min Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3:00.65
Jordan, Cortney Cortney Jordan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:07.96
4 Rogers, Shelley Shelley Rogers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:12.68
5 Prokeinova, Margita Margita Prokeinova Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3:19.01
6 Guseva, Oxana Oxana Guseva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3:19.50
7 Gruen, Deborah Deborah Gruen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:27.48
8 Raczko, Gitta Gitta Raczko Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:30.36

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. DQ = Disqualified.

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