Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S9

Women's 400m Freestyle S9 at the XII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Swimming
Venue	Olympic Aquatic Centre
Dates	24 September 2004
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning time	4:28.09
Medalists
Natalie du Toit  South Africa Stephanie Dixon  Canada Christiane Reppe  Germany

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle				S4	S5
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
		S12	S13
50 m backstroke		S2	S3	S4	S5
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50 m breaststroke			SB3
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50 m butterfly				S4	S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
		S12	S13
150 m medley				SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50 m (20pts)
	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50 m (20pts)
	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The Women's 400 metre freestyle S9 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 24 September.^[1] It was won by Natalie du Toit, representing  South Africa.^[2]

1st round

Heat 1

24 Sept. 2004, morning session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Stephanie Dixon (CAN)	5:11.57
2	Darda Geiger (CAN)	5:12.89
3	Sarah Powell (NZL)	5:18.66
4	Kelly Crowley (USA)	5:20.59
5	Zhou Zi Cun (CHN)	5:23.42
6	Tereza Diepoldova (CZE)	5:26.49

Heat 2

24 Sept. 2004, morning session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Natalie du Toit (RSA)	4:43.66	PR
2	Christiane Reppe (GER)	5:11.14
3	Ana Sršen (CRO)	5:11.69
4	Leila Marques (POR)	5:18.67
5	Beata Drozdowska (POL)	5:28.34
6	Miriam Jenkins (NZL)	5:28.81

Final round

24 Sept. 2004, evening session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Natalie du Toit (RSA)	4:28.09	WR
	Stephanie Dixon (CAN)	4:46.57
	Christiane Reppe (GER)	4:59.91
4	Ana Sršen (CRO)	5:07.10
5	Darda Geiger (CAN)	5:09.54
6	Leila Marques (POR)	5:17.50
7	Kelly Crowley (USA)	5:17.87
8	Sarah Powell (NZL)	5:20.53

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