Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S9

Women's 50 metre freestyle S9 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	5 September
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Medalists
Lin Ping  China Louise Watkin  Great Britain Ellie Cole  Australia

Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle			S3		S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle			S3		S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle					S5
				S14
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
		S12
50 m backstroke		S2		S4
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12		S14
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13	SB14
50 m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
		S12
200 m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The women's 50 metre freestyle S9 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 5 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Two heats were held, each of them with six competitors. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.^[1]

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Louise Watkin	Great Britain	29.35	Q
2	2	6	Lin Ping	China	29.59	Q, AS
3	2	4	Sarai Gascón Moreno	Spain	29.62	Q
4	1	3	Ellie Cole	Australia	29.75	Q
5	2	3	Annabelle Williams	Australia	30.03	Q
6	1	5	Irina Grazhdanova	Russia	30.14	Q
7	1	4	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	30.16	Q
8	1	6	Elizabeth Stone	United States	30.39	Q
9	1	7	Daniela Gimenez	Argentina	30.82
10	1	2	Amy Marren	Great Britain	31.02
11	2	2	Lauren Steadman	Great Britain	31.04
12	2	7	Katarina Roxon	Canada	31.78

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Lin Ping	China	29.12	PR
	4	Louise Watkin	Great Britain	29.21
	6	Ellie Cole	Australia	29.28	OC
4	3	Sarai Gascón Moreno	Spain	29.44
5	7	Irina Grazhdanova	Russia	29.66
6	2	Annabelle Williams	Australia	29.76
7	1	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	29.84
8	8	Elizabeth Stone	United States	30.72

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