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Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S8

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Women's 50 metre freestyle S8
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates2 September
Competitors17 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mallory Weggemann  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maddison Elliott  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jiang Shengnan  China

The women's 50 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 2 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Three heats were held, one with five swimmers, two with six competitors each. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.[1]

Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 6 Maddison Elliott  Australia 31.57 Q, OC
2 2 5 Jessica Long  United States 31.61 Q, AM
3 3 4 Jiang Shengnan  China 31.81 Q
4 2 4 Olesya Vladykina  Russia 31.93 Q
5 3 5 Mallory Weggemann  United States 32.01 Q
6 1 4 Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain 32.34 Q
7 3 2 Kateryna Istomina  Ukraine 32.39 Q
8 3 6 Morgan Bird  Canada 32.67 Q
9 2 3 Stefanie Weinberg  Germany 32.68
10 3 3 Ksenia Sogomonyan  Russia 32.92
11 1 5 Chen Zhonglan  China 32.96
12 1 6 Amalie Vinther  Denmark 33.10
13 1 3 Amanda Everlove  United States 34.02
14 2 7 Immacolata Cerasuolo  Italy 34.53
15 2 2 Romy Pansters  Netherlands 34.66
16 3 7 Julia Kabus  Germany 35.00
17 1 2 Mariann Vestbostad  Norway 35.25

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 Mallory Weggemann  United States 31.13 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Maddison Elliott  Australia 31.44 OC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Jiang Shengnan  China 31.55
4 6 Olesya Vladykina  Russia 31.59
5 5 Jessica Long  United States 31.71
6 7 Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain 31.93
7 1 Kateryna Istomina  Ukraine 32.05
8 8 Morgan Bird  Canada 32.70

References

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  1. ^ "Women's 50m Freestyle - S8". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.