Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S8

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Women's 50 metre freestyle S8
at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates16 September
Competitors15 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Maddison Elliott Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Lakeisha Patterson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Jiang Shengnan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

The women's 50 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 16 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held, with seven and eight swimmers respectively. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final, which was won by Australia's Maddison Elliott.

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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:

World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Maddison Elliott  (AUS)30.13 Brisbane, Australia1 April 2014
Paralympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Mallory Weggemann  (USA)31.13 London, Great Britain2 September 2012

Source: "Rio Results Book - Event No. 127" (PDF). Rio 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.

Heats

Heat 1

10:09 16 September 2016

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Stephanie Millward Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 30.82QPR
22 Jiang Shengnan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 30.89Q
34 Lakeisha Patterson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 30.97Q
43 Kateryna Istomina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 32.06Q
57 Abi Tripp Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 32.39
61 Amalie Vinther Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 33.89
78 Sabrina Duchesne Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 34.87

Heat 2

10:12 16 September 2016

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Maddison Elliott Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 30.83Q
25 Stephanie Slater Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 31.17Q
36 Morgan Bird Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 31.49Q
47 Jin Xiaoqin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 31.70Q
53 Jessica Long Flag of the United States.svg  United States 32.22
62 Mallory Weggemann Flag of the United States.svg  United States 33.09
71 Bro Brickelle Flag of the United States.svg  United States 34.93
88 Anezka Floriankova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 36.05

Final

18:03 11 September 2016

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Maddison Elliott Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 29.73WRPR
Silver medal icon.svg6 Lakeisha Patterson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 30.13
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Jiang Shengnan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 30.53
42 Stephanie Slater Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 30.54
54 Stephanie Millward Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 30.73
68 Kateryna Istomina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 31.05
77 Morgan Bird Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 31.29
81 Jin Xiaoqin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 32.09

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