Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S5

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Women's 50 metre freestyle S5
at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates12 September
Competitors16 from 13 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Lo Zhang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Joana Maria Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svg Bela Trebinova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic

The women's 50 metre freestyle S5 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 12 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

The women's 50 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Rio Olympic Stadium from 8 to 15 September. A total of ten events are contested for ten different classifications.

S5, SB4, SM5 are disability swimming classifications used for categorizing swimmers based on their level of disability. The class includes people a moderate level of disability, and includes people with full use of their arms and hands, but limited to no use of their trunk and legs. It also includes people with coordination problems. A variety of disabilities are represented by this class including people with cerebral palsy. The class competes at the Paralympic Games.

2016 Summer Paralympics fifteenth Summer Paralympic Games

The 2016 Summer Paralympics, the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The Games marked the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted the event, the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation, the first one being the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, and also the first time a Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country hosted the event. These Games saw the introduction of two new sports to the Paralympic program: canoeing and the paratriathlon.

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Heats

Heat 1

12:01 12 September 2016: [1]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Joana Maria Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 37.22Q
25 Li Zhang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 37.37Q
33 Sarah Louise Rung Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 41.68Q
46 Anita Fatis Flag of France.svg  France 41.72Q
52 Susana Ribeiro Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 42.92
67 Alyssa Gialamas Flag of the United States.svg  United States 44.48
78 Rui Si Theresa Goh Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 45.45
81 Katalin Engelhardt Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 50.04

Heat 2

12:05 12 September 2016: [1]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Teresa Perales Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 37.87Q
26 Mayumi Narita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 39.68Q
33 Inbal Pezaro Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 40.82Q
45 Bela Trebinova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 41.44Q
52 Cuan Yao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 41.87
67 Xihan Xu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 44.12
78 Reka Kezdi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 45.02
81 Simone Fragoso Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 46.49

Final

20:35 12 September 2016: [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Li Zhang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 36.87
Silver medal icon.svg4 Joana Maria Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 37.13
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Bela Trebinova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 37.37
43 Teresa Perales Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 38.13
56 Mayumi Narita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 39.23
62 Inbal Pezaro Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 39.73
71 Sarah Louise Rung Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 40.42
88 Anita Fatis Flag of France.svg  France 42.66

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Women's 50m Freestyle - S5 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. "Women's 50m Freestyle - S5 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

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