Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S9

Women's 400m Freestyle S9
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates12 September
Competitors18 from 12 nations
Winning time4:23.81
Medalists
   South Africa
   Canada
   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 ind. medley SM4
200 m ind. medley SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10
SM12 SM13

The women's 400m freestyle S9 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 12 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 11:11.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Reppe, ChristianeChristiane Reppe  Germany 4:54.25 Q
2 Stone, ElizabethElizabeth Stone  United States 5:01.24 Q
3 Secci, FrancescaFrancesca Secci  Italy 5:08.76
4 Wang Qian  China 5:22.67
5 Grazhdanova, IrinaIrina Grazhdanova  Russia 5:23.29
Sales, DardaDarda Sales  Canada DQ

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Cole, EllieEllie Cole  Australia 4:45.17 Q
2 Dixon, StephanieStephanie Dixon  Canada 4:47.78 Q
3 Drennan, AmandaAmanda Drennan  Australia 5:04.62 Q
4 Stockwell, MelissaMelissa Stockwell  United States 5:09.89
5 Marques, LeilaLeila Marques  Portugal 5:10.30
6 Diepoldova, TerezaTereza Diepoldova  Czech Republic 5:22.92

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 du Toit, NatalieNatalie du Toit  South Africa 4:24.75 Q, PR
2 Watkin, LouiseLouise Watkin  Great Britain 4:54.46 Q
3 Gray, BrittanyBrittany Gray  Canada 5:01.29 Q
4 Meenderink, MendyMendy Meenderink  Netherlands 5:06.97
5 Steadman, LaurenLauren Steadman  Great Britain 5:10.10
6 Dun Longjuan  China 5:25.70

Final

Competed at 20:17.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) du Toit, NatalieNatalie du Toit  South Africa 4:23.81 WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Dixon, StephanieStephanie Dixon  Canada 4:39.73
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Cole, EllieEllie Cole  Australia 4:44.60
4 Stone, ElizabethElizabeth Stone  United States 4:46.53
5 Watkin, LouiseLouise Watkin  Great Britain 4:47.14
6 Reppe, ChristianeChristiane Reppe  Germany 4:51.59
7 Gray, BrittanyBrittany Gray  Canada 4:58.08
8 Drennan, AmandaAmanda Drennan  Australia 5:07.24

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

References

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