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

Women's 50m Freestyle S6
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates15 September
Competitors13 from 10 nations
Winning time35.60
Medalists
   Netherlands
   Mexico
   Great Britain
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 S6 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:18.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jones, NatalieNatalie Jones Great Britain 38.13 Q
2 Gonzalez, DoramitziDoramitzi Gonzalez Mexico 38.20 Q
3 Uhl, MirandaMiranda Uhl United States 39.20 Q
4 Rose, SarahSarah Rose Australia 40.90
5 Johnson, CaseyCasey Johnson United States 41.95
Jiang Fuying China DQ

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 de Koning-Peper, MirjamMirjam de Koning-Peper Netherlands 36.38 Q
2 Nara, ErikaErika Nara Japan 37.46 Q
3 Simmonds, EleanorEleanor Simmonds Great Britain 38.39 Q
4 Goetze, MariaMaria Goetze Germany 38.70 Q
5 Johnson, ElizabethElizabeth Johnson Great Britain 39.71 Q
6 Luo Alice Hsiao Hung Chinese Taipei 44.42
Shwartz, InbalInbal Shwartz Israel DNS

Final

Competed at 19:30.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st de Koning-Peper, MirjamMirjam de Koning-Peper Netherlands 35.60 WR
2nd Gonzalez, DoramitziDoramitzi Gonzalez Mexico 36.52
3rd Jones, NatalieNatalie Jones Great Britain 37.21
4 Goetze, MariaMaria Goetze Germany 37.28
5 Simmonds, EleanorEleanor Simmonds Great Britain 37.77
6 Nara, ErikaErika Nara Japan 38.32
7 Uhl, MirandaMiranda Uhl United States 39.14
8 Johnson, ElizabethElizabeth Johnson Great Britain 39.41

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. DQ = Disqualified. DNS = Did not start.

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