Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre butterfly S6

Women's 50m Butterfly S6
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates13 September
Competitors14 from 11 nations
Winning time38.44
Medalists
   China
   Russia
   Ukraine
Swimming at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle S3 S4 S5
S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
100 m freestyle S4 S5
S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S12 S13
200 m freestyle S5
400 m freestyle S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S13
50 m backstroke S2 S3 S5
100 m backstroke S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S13
100 m breaststroke   SB4 SB5
SB6 SB7 SB8 SB9
SB12
50 m butterfly S6 S7
100 m butterfly S8 S9 S10
S12 S13
150 m ind. medley SM4
200 m ind. medley SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10
SM12 SM13

The women's 50m butterfly S6 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 13 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:21.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Akopyan, OlenaOlena Akopyan Ukraine 40.51 Q, WR
2 Rose, SarahSarah Rose Australia 41.37 Q
3 Gonzalez, DoramitziDoramitzi Gonzalez Mexico 44.00
4 Jones, NatalieNatalie Jones Great Britain 44.69
5 Johnson, ElizabethElizabeth Johnson Great Britain 45.94
6 Perales, Maria TeresaMaria Teresa Perales Spain 48.05
7 Shavel, NatalliaNatallia Shavel Belarus 48.72

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jiang Fuying China 39.32 Q
2 Shwartz, InbalInbal Shwartz Israel 40.79 Q
3 Diodorova, AnastasiaAnastasia Diodorova Russia 40.90 Q
4 Simmonds, EleanorEleanor Simmonds Great Britain 43.69 Q
5 Uhl, MirandaMiranda Uhl United States 43.98 Q
6 Johnson, CaseyCasey Johnson United States 43.99 Q
7 Goetze, MariaMaria Goetze Germany 44.65

Final

Competed at 17:16.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Jiang Fuying China 38.44 WR
2nd Diodorova, AnastasiaAnastasia Diodorova Russia 39.93
3rd Akopyan, OlenaOlena Akopyan Ukraine 40.72
4 Rose, SarahSarah Rose Australia 40.95
5 Shwartz, InbalInbal Shwartz Israel 41.05
6 Johnson, CaseyCasey Johnson United States 42.35
7 Uhl, MirandaMiranda Uhl United States 42.50
8 Simmonds, EleanorEleanor Simmonds Great Britain 43.14

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

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