Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre backstroke S5

Women's 50m Backstroke S5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	8 September
Competitors	14 from 12 nations
Winning time	41.03
Medalists
Bela Hlavackova   Czech Republic   Maria Teresa Perales   Spain   Karina Lauridsen   Denmark

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 50m backstroke S5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:13.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lauridsen, KarinaKarina Lauridsen	Denmark	45.12	Q
2	Zambo, DianaDiana Zambo	Hungary	51.19	Q
3	Teunissen, LisetteLisette Teunissen	Netherlands	51.49	Q
4	Nothling, BethBeth Nothling	South Africa	55.88	Q
5	Porras, NadiaNadia Porras	Mexico	56.42
6	Sigurdardottir, SonjaSonja Sigurdardottir	Iceland	57.90
7	Fragoso, SimoneSimone Fragoso	Portugal	58.90

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hlavackova, BelaBela Hlavackova	Czech Republic	41.17	Q, PR
2	Perales, Maria TeresaMaria Teresa Perales	Spain	44.92	Q
3	Narita, MayumiMayumi Narita	Japan	51.85	Q
4	Kawamura, YukaYuka Kawamura	Japan	55.01	Q
5	Pairoux-Lagardere, GenevieveGenevieve Pairoux-Lagardere	France	1:02.65
6	Guimaraes, DianaDiana Guimaraes	Portugal	1:06.57
	Morrison, MarinMarin Morrison	United States		DQ

Final

Competed at 19:02.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Hlavackova, BelaBela Hlavackova	Czech Republic	41.03	PR
	Perales, Maria TeresaMaria Teresa Perales	Spain	44.58
	Lauridsen, KarinaKarina Lauridsen	Denmark	45.72
4	Teunissen, LisetteLisette Teunissen	Netherlands	50.87
5	Narita, MayumiMayumi Narita	Japan	51.23
6	Zambo, DianaDiana Zambo	Hungary	52.04
7	Nothling, BethBeth Nothling	South Africa	54.29
8	Kawamura, YukaYuka Kawamura	Japan	55.41

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 50m Backstroke S5". 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.