Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S8

Women's 400m Freestyle S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	12 September
Competitors	9 from 9 nations
Winning time	4:50.17
Medalists
Jessica Long  United States Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain Jacqueline Freney  Australia

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 400m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 12 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:14.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Heather Frederiksen	Great Britain	4:58.11	Q, PR
2	Julia Kabus	Germany	5:32.76	Q
3	Heidi Andreasen	Faroe Islands	5:35.51	Q
4	Valeria Lira	Brazil	5:46.96	Q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jessica Long	United States	4:47.45	Q, WR
2	Jacqueline Freney	Australia	5:02.32	Q
3	Andrea Cole	Canada	5:35.51	Q
4	Mariann Vestbostad	Norway	5:38.47	Q
5	Xu Yanru	China	6:03.64

Final

Competed at 17:10.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jessica Long	United States	4:50.17
	Heather Frederiksen	Great Britain	4:54.49
	Jacqueline Freney	Australia	4:57.21
4	Heidi Andreasen	Faroe Islands	5:20.54
5	Julia Kabus	Germany	5:22.82
6	Andrea Cole	Canada	5:30.01
7	Mariann Vestbostad	Norway	5:39.73
8	Valeria Lira	Brazil	5:48.87

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 400m Freestyle S8". 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.