Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S8

The women's 50m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Women's 50m Freestyle S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	15 from 10 nations
Winning time	32.09
Medalists
Cecilie Drabsch Norland  Norway Amanda Everlove  United States Jacqueline Freney  Australia

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:33.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cecilie Drabsch Norland	Norway	32.11	Q
2	Jiang Shengnan	China	32.38	Q
3	Xu Yanru	China	32.44	Q
4	Jacqueline Freney	Australia	32.49	Q
5	Chen Zhonglan	China	33.36
6	Anna Vengerovskaya	Russia	35.36
7	Andrea Cole	Canada	37.41
8	Desire Aguilar	Panama	43.22

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jessica Long	United States	32.54	Q
2	Heather Frederiksen	Great Britain	32.79	Q
3	Amanda Everlove	United States	32.96	Q
4	Heidi Andreasen	Faroe Islands	33.20	Q
5	Julia Kabus	Germany	34.44
6	Stefanie Weinberg	Germany	34.95
7	Rhiannon Oliver	Australia	35.25

Final

Competed at 19:38.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Cecilie Drabsch Norland	Norway	32.09
	Amanda Everlove	United States	32.20
	Jacqueline Freney	Australia	32.37
4	Jiang Shengnan	China	32.47
5	Xu Yanru	China	32.54
6	Jessica Long	United States	32.58
7	Heather Frederiksen	Great Britain	32.59
8	Heidi Andreasen	Faroe Islands	32.66

Q = qualified for final.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 50m Freestyle S8". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2012.