Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S11

Women's 50m Freestyle S11 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Winning time	31.39
Medalists
Maria Poiani Panigati  Italy Cecilia Camellini  Italy Fabiana Sugimori  Brazil

The women's 50m freestyle S11 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 09:07.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Maria Poiani Panigati	Italy	31.21	Q, WR
2	Fabiana Sugimori	Brazil	32.90	Q
3	Naomi Ikinaga	Japan	33.38	Q
4	Rina Akiyama	Japan	33.77	Q
5	Daniela Schulte	Germany	33.83	Q
6	Amber Thomas	Canada	35.13

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Xie Qing	China	32.19	Q
2	Cecilia Camellini	Italy	33.08	Q
3	Chantal Cavin	Switzerland	33.29	Q
4	Jessica Tuomela	Canada	34.06
5	Olga Sokolova (swimmer)	Russia	34.17
6	Nadia Báez	Argentina	34.47

Final

Competed at 17:05.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Maria Poiani Panigati	Italy	31.39
	Cecilia Camellini	Italy	31.95
	Fabiana Sugimori	Brazil	32.45
4	Chantal Cavin	Switzerland	32.58
5	Naomi Ikinaga	Japan	32.81
6	Daniela Schulte	Germany	33.05
7	Xie Qing	China	33.06
8	Rina Akiyama	Japan	33.88

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 50m Freestyle S11". 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.