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

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Women's 100m Freestyle S8
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates8 September
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Winning time1:06.91
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jessica Long  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jacqueline Freney  Australia
2004
2012

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

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Heats

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Competed from 10:49.

Heat 1

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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

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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

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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

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Competed at 20:01.

Results of the finals[1]
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jessica Long  United States 1:06.91
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain 1:08.48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Beijing 2008 - swimming - womens-100-m-freestyle-s8". Retrieved 2024-02-09.