Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S9

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Women's 400m Freestyle S9
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates12 September
Competitors18 from 12 nations
Winning time4:23.81
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Natalie du Toit Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg Stephanie Dixon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Ellie Cole Flag of Australia.svg  Australia

The women's 400m freestyle S9 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 12 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

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Results

Heats

Competed from 11:11.

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Christiane Reppe Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:54.25Q
2 Elizabeth Stone Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:01.24Q
3 Francesca Secci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5:08.76
4 Wang Qian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5:22.67
5 Irina Grazhdanova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5:23.29
Darda Sales Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DQ

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Ellie Cole Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:45.17Q
2 Stephanie Dixon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:47.78Q
3 Amanda Drennan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 5:04.62Q
4 Melissa Stockwell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:09.89
5 Leila Marques Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 5:10.30
6 Tereza Diepoldova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 5:22.92

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Natalie du Toit Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:24.75Q, PR
2 Louise Watkin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:54.46Q
3 Brittany Gray Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5:01.29Q
4 Mendy Meenderink Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5:06.97
5 Lauren Steadman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5:10.10
6 Dun Longjuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5:25.70

Final

Competed at 20:17.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Natalie du Toit Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:23.81WR
Silver medal icon.svg Stephanie Dixon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:39.73
Bronze medal icon.svg Ellie Cole Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:44.60
4 Elizabeth Stone Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:46.53
5 Louise Watkin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:47.14
6 Christiane Reppe Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:51.59
7 Brittany Gray Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:58.08
8 Amanda Drennan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 5:07.24

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

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