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

Women's 50 metre freestyle S8
at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates 16 September
Competitors 15 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Maddison Elliott  Australia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Lakeisha Patterson  Australia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jiang Shengnan  China
1st, gold medalist(s) Maddison Elliott  Australia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Lakeisha Patterson  Australia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jiang Shengnan  China
Swimming at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Swimming pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Women's events
50 m freestyle S4 S5 S6 S7 S8
S9 S10 S11 S12 S13
100 m freestyle S3 S5 S6 S7 S8
S9 S10 S11 S13
200 m freestyle S5 S14
400 m freestyle S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S13
50 m backstroke S2 S3 S4 S5
100 m backstroke S2 S6 S7 S8 S9
S10 S11 S12 S13 S14
50 m breaststroke SB3
100 m breaststroke SB4 SB5 SB6 SB7 SB8
SB9 SB11 SB13 SB14
50 m butterfly S5 S6 S7
100 m butterfly S8 S9 S10 S13
150 m medley SM4
200 m medley SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10
SM11 SM13 SM14
Freestyle relay 4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relay 4 × 100 m (34pts)

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.

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

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

10:09 16 September 2016

10:12 16 September 2016

18:03 11 September 2016


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