Women's 400m Freestyle S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing National Aquatics Center | ||||||||||||
Dates | 12 September | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 9 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:50.17 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Women's events | |||||
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50 m freestyle | S3 | S4 | S5 | ||
S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | |
S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
100 m freestyle | S4 | S5 | |||
S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | |
S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
200 m freestyle | S5 | ||||
400 m freestyle | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 |
S13 | |||||
50 m backstroke | S2 | S3 | S5 | ||
100 m backstroke | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 |
S13 | |||||
100 m breaststroke | SB4 | SB5 | |||
SB6 | SB7 | SB8 | SB9 | ||
SB12 | |||||
50 m butterfly | S6 | S7 | |||
100 m butterfly | S8 | S9 | S10 | ||
S12 | S13 | ||||
150 m medley | SM4 | ||||
200 m medley | SM6 | SM7 | SM8 | SM9 | SM10 |
SM12 | SM13 | ||||
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.
Competed from 09:14.
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Heather Frederiksen | Great Britain | 4:58.11 | Q, PR |
2 | Julia Kabus | Germany | 5:32.76 | Q |
3 | Heidi Andreasen | Faroe Islands | 5:35.51 | Q |
4 | Valeria Lira | Brazil | 5:46.96 | Q |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jessica Long | United States | 4:47.45 | Q, WR |
2 | Jacqueline Freney | Australia | 5:02.32 | Q |
3 | Andrea Cole | Canada | 5:35.51 | Q |
4 | Mariann Vestbostad | Norway | 5:38.47 | Q |
5 | Xu Yanru | China | 6:03.64 |
Competed at 17:10.
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Jessica Long | United States | 4:50.17 | ||
Heather Frederiksen | Great Britain | 4:54.49 | ||
Jacqueline Freney | Australia | 4:57.21 | ||
4 | Heidi Andreasen | Faroe Islands | 5:20.54 | |
5 | Julia Kabus | Germany | 5:22.82 | |
6 | Andrea Cole | Canada | 5:30.01 | |
7 | Mariann Vestbostad | Norway | 5:39.73 | |
8 | Valeria Lira | Brazil | 5:48.87 |
Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.
Heidi Andreasen is a Faroese 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.
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.
Stephanie Millward is a British Paralympic swimmer.
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