Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S12

Women's 50m Freestyle S12
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates14 September
Competitors11 from 7 nations
Winning time27.07
Medalists
   Russia
   Russia
   Spain
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 freestyle S12 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.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:18.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Garcia-Arcicollar, AnaAna Garcia-Arcicollar Spain 29.00 Q
2 Volkova, YuliyaYuliya Volkova Ukraine 29.07 Q
3 Pelendritou, KarolinaKarolina Pelendritou Cyprus 29.09 Q
4 Mendak, JoannaJoanna Mendak Poland 29.14 Q
5 Mota, BelkysBelkys Mota Venezuela 30.28 Q

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Savchenko, OxanaOxana Savchenko Russia 27.92 Q, WR
2 Font, DeborahDeborah Font Spain 28.93 Q
3 Efimenko, AnnaAnna Efimenko Russia 29.42 Q
4 Harajda, PatrycjaPatrycja Harajda Poland 30.69
5 Rennebohm, JacquelineJacqueline Rennebohm Canada 31.30
6 Casals, CarlaCarla Casals Spain 31.69

Final

Competed at 17:15.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Savchenko, OxanaOxana Savchenko Russia 27.07 WR
2nd Efimenko, AnnaAnna Efimenko Russia 27.82
3rd Font, DeborahDeborah Font Spain 28.23
4 Mendak, JoannaJoanna Mendak Poland 28.34
5 Pelendritou, KarolinaKarolina Pelendritou Cyprus 28.72
6 Volkova, YuliyaYuliya Volkova Ukraine 28.86
7 Garcia-Arcicollar, AnaAna Garcia-Arcicollar Spain 28.93
8 Mota, BelkysBelkys Mota Venezuela 30.43

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

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