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
Natalie du Toit  South Africa Irina Grazhdanova  Russia Louise Watkin  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 medley				SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13

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	Australia	29.76	Q
2	Louise Watkin	Great Britain	30.06	Q
3	Stephanie Dixon	Canada	30.98	Q
4	Lauren Steadman	Great Britain	31.19
5	Emilie Gral	France	31.36
6	Darda Sales	Canada	31.48
7	Katarina Roxon	Canada	31.85
8	Eztitxu Vivanco	France	32.45

Heat 2

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

Final

Competed at 20:04.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	29.20	PR
	Irina Grazhdanova	Russia	29.33
	Louise Watkin	Great Britain	29.80
4	Annabelle Williams	Australia	29.91
5	April Kerley	United States	30.20
6	Stephanie Dixon	Canada	30.45
7	Stephanie Millward	Great Britain	30.45
8	Mendy Meenderink	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.