Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S6

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Women's 400m Freestyle S6
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 14 September
Competitors 10 from 7 nations
Winning time 5:41.34
Medalists
Eleanor Simmonds Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Mirjam de Koning-Peper Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Maria Goetze Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

The women's 400m freestyle S6 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.

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 09:49.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Uhl, Miranda Miranda Uhl Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:00.34 Q
2 Goetze, Maria Maria Goetze Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:06.49 Q
3 Lewis, Nyree Nyree Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:13.85 Q
4 Nara, Erika Erika Nara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6:31.92 Q
5 Johnson, Casey Casey Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:49.80

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Simmonds, Eleanor Eleanor Simmonds Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5:56.24 Q
2 de Koning-Peper, Mirjam Mirjam de Koning-Peper Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5:57.72 Q
3 Gonzalez, Doramitzi Doramitzi Gonzalez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 6:15.97 Q
4 Love, Mhairi Mhairi Love Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:20.31 Q
5 Illes, Fanni Fanni Illes Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:43.09

Final

Competed at 18:16.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Simmonds, Eleanor Eleanor Simmonds Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5:41.34 WR
de Koning-Peper, Mirjam Mirjam de Koning-Peper Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5:43.76
Goetze, Maria Maria Goetze Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5:49.70
4 Uhl, Miranda Miranda Uhl Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:55.64
5 Gonzalez, Doramitzi Doramitzi Gonzalez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 6:06.84
6 Lewis, Nyree Nyree Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:10.82
7 Love, Mhairi Mhairi Love Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:15.31
8 Nara, Erika Erika Nara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6:26.60

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

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