Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre backstroke S2

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Women's 50m Backstroke S2
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates15 September
Competitors9 from 6 nations
Winning time1:13.64
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ganna Ielisavetska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Silver medal icon.svg Iryna Sotska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Bronze medal icon.svg Sara Carracelas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2004
2012

The women's 50m backstroke S2 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

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Results

Heats

Competed from 09:33.

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Nataliia Semenova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:23.69Q
2 Danielle Watts Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:27.50Q
3 Maria Liaskou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:27.90Q
4 Virginia Hernandez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:41.87

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Iryna Sotska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:17.31Q, WR
2 Ganna Ielisavetska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:18.01Q
3 Sara Carracelas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:18.31Q
4 Maria Kalpakidou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:23.59Q
5 Betiana Basualdo Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 1:35.82Q

Final

Competed at 17:11.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ganna Ielisavetska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:13.64WR
Silver medal icon.svg Iryna Sotska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:15.53
Bronze medal icon.svg Sara Carracelas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:16.33
4 Nataliia Semenova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:23.85
5 Maria Liaskou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:24.24
6 Maria Kalpakidou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:25.56
7 Danielle Watts Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:27.28
8 Betiana Basualdo Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 1:40.14

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

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