Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S9

Women's 50m Freestyle S9 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	16 from 10 nations
Winning time	29.20
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Natalie du Toit File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Irina Grazhdanova File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Louise Watkin File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain

The women's 50m freestyle S9 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 10:45.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Annabelle Williams	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	29.76	Q
2	Louise Watkin	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain	30.06	Q
3	Stephanie Dixon	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	30.98	Q
4	Lauren Steadman	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain	31.19
5	Emilie Gral	File:Flag of France.svg France	31.36
6	Darda Sales	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	31.48
7	Katarina Roxon	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	31.85
8	Eztitxu Vivanco	File:Flag of France.svg France	32.45

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natalie du Toit	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	29.45	Q, PR
2	Irina Grazhdanova	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	29.60	Q
3	Stephanie Millward	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain	30.69	Q
4	April Kerley	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	30.76	Q
5	Mendy Meenderink	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	31.15	Q
6	Elizabeth Stone	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	31.24
7	Christiane Reppe	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	31.84
	Sarai Gascón Moreno	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain		DQ

Final

Competed at 20:04.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Natalie du Toit	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	29.20	PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Irina Grazhdanova	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	29.33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Louise Watkin	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain	29.80
4	Annabelle Williams	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	29.91
5	April Kerley	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	30.20
6	Stephanie Dixon	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	30.45
7	Stephanie Millward	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain	30.45
8	Mendy Meenderink	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	31.20

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record. DQ = Disqualified.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 50m Freestyle S9". 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.