Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle S8

Women's 100m Freestyle S8
at the XIII Paralympic Games

Venue

Beijing National Aquatics Center

Dates

8 September

Competitors

16 from 11 nations

Winning time

1:06.91

Medalists

		Jessica Long	United States
		Heather Frederiksen	Great Britain
		Jacqueline Freney	Australia

The women's 100m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:49.

Heat 1

Results of heat 1^[1]
Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jacqueline Freney	Australia	1:09.92	Q
2	Xu Yanru	China	1:13.51	Q
3	Stefanie Weinberg	Germany	1:14.65
4	Rhiannon Oliver	Australia	1:15.57
5	Andrea Cole	Canada	1:19.58

Heat 2

Results of heat 2^[1]
Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Heather Frederiksen	Great Britain	1:09.93	Q
2	Julia Kabus	Germany	1:12.64	Q
3	Mariann Vestbostad	Norway	1:14.62
4	Anna Vengerovskaya	Russia	1:20.89
5	Desire Aguilar	Panama	1:31.84

Heat 3

Results of heat 3^[1]
Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jessica Long	United States	1:06.81	Q, WR
2	Amanda Everlove	United States	1:10.84	Q
3	Cecilie Drabsch Norland	Norway	1:11.68	Q
4	Heidi Andreasen	Faroe Islands	1:12.77	Q
5	Chen Zhonglan	China	1:17.13
6	Valeria Lira	Brazil	1:20.16

Final

Competed at 20:01.

Results of the finals^[1]
Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Jessica Long	United States	1:06.91
	Heather Frederiksen	Great Britain	1:08.48
	Jacqueline Freney	Australia	1:08.56
4	Amanda Everlove	United States	1:10.65
5	Cecilie Drabsch Norland	Norway	1:11.88
6	Heidi Andreasen	Faroe Islands	1:11.99
7	Julia Kabus	Germany	1:12.68
8	Xu Yanru	China	1:13.66