Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S7

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Women's 50m Freestyle S7
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 14 September
Competitors 9 from 7 nations
Winning time 33.84
Medalists
Cortney Jordan Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Erin Popovich Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Kirsten Bruhn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

The women's 50m freestyle S7 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 10:23.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Popovich, Erin Erin Popovich Flag of the United States.svg  United States 34.22 Q, PR
2 Boonacker, Chantal Chantal Boonacker Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 34.98 Q
3 Huang Min Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 35.68 Q
4 Kim Ji Eun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 37.31 Q

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bruhn, Kirsten Kirsten Bruhn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 34.77 Q
2 Jordan, Cortney Cortney Jordan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 35.57 Q
3 Jensen, Laura Laura Jensen Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 36.70 Q
4 Nelson, Brianna Brianna Nelson Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 37.76 Q
5 Prokeinova, Margita Margita Prokeinova Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 39.23

Final

Competed at 19:12.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Jordan, Cortney Cortney Jordan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 33.84 PR
Popovich, Erin Erin Popovich Flag of the United States.svg  United States 33.92
Bruhn, Kirsten Kirsten Bruhn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 34.50
4 Boonacker, Chantal Chantal Boonacker Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 34.54
5 Huang Min Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 34.85
6 Jensen, Laura Laura Jensen Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 36.10
7 Nelson, Brianna Brianna Nelson Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 37.96
Kim Ji Eun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea DQ

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

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