Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre butterfly S7

Women's 50m Butterfly S7
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates13 September
Competitors14 from 10 nations
Winning time34.47
Medalists
   China
   United States
   Brazil
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 S7 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 09:33.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Popovich, ErinErin Popovich United States 38.71 Q
2 Loureiro, LalitaLalita Loureiro Sweden 39.47 Q
3 Prokeinova, MargitaMargita Prokeinova Slovakia 41.88 Q
4 Jordan, CortneyCortney Jordan United States 44.94
5 Massar, BernadetteBernadette Massar Netherlands 45.53
6 Jensen, LauraLaura Jensen Canada 48.07
Porter, KatrinaKatrina Porter Australia DQ

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Huang Min China 34.60 Q, WR
2 Yang Tianshu China 40.06 Q
3 Almeida, VeronicaVeronica Almeida Brazil 40.19 Q
4 Rogers, ShelleyShelley Rogers Australia 41.35 Q
5 Guseva, OxanaOxana Guseva Russia 42.28 Q
6 Raczko, GittaGitta Raczko Hungary 44.81
7 Gruen, DeborahDeborah Gruen United States 49.19

Final

Competed at 17:42.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Huang Min China 34.47 WR
2nd Popovich, ErinErin Popovich United States 37.87
3rd Almeida, VeronicaVeronica Almeida Brazil 38.49
4 Loureiro, LalitaLalita Loureiro Sweden 38.55
5 Yang Tianshu China 39.91
6 Rogers, ShelleyShelley Rogers Australia 40.02
7 Prokeinova, MargitaMargita Prokeinova Slovakia 40.70
8 Guseva, OxanaOxana Guseva Russia 41.07

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. DQ = Disqualified.

References