Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S4

Women's 50 metre freestyle S4
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates17 September 2016
Competitors16 from 13 nations
Medalists
Rachael Watson  Australia
Arjola Trimi  Italy
Nely Miranda Herrera  Mexico
Swimming at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyleS4S5S6S7S8
S9S10S11S12S13
100 m freestyleS3S5S6S7S8
S9S10S11S13
200 m freestyleS5S14
400 m freestyleS6S7S8S9S10
S11S13
50 m backstrokeS2S3S4S5
100 m backstrokeS2S6S7S8S9
S10S11S12S13S14
50 m breaststrokeSB3
100 m breaststrokeSB4SB5SB6SB7SB8
SB9SB11SB13SB14
50 m butterflyS5S6S7
100 m butterflyS8S9S10S13
150 m medleySM4
200 m medleySM6SM7SM8SM9SM10
SM11SM13SM14
Freestyle relays4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays4 × 100 m (34pts)

The women's 50 metre freestyle S4 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 16 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held, with seven and eight swimmers respectively. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final, which was won by Australia's Rachael Watson.

Records

Prior to the final, the World and Paralympic records were as follows:

S3

World record  Zulfiya Gabidullina (KAZ) 42.21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8 September 2016
Paralympic record  Zulfiya Gabidullina (KAZ) 42.21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8 September 2016

S4

World record  Nely Miranda Herrera (MEX) 39.52 Gatineau, Canada 16 July 2016
Paralympic record  Lisette Teunissen (NED) 44.82 London, Great Britain 30 August 2012

Heats

Heat 1

10:28 17 September 2016:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Rachael Watson  Australia 40.69 Q PR
2 3 Patricia Pereira dos Santos  Brazil 44.10 Q
3 5 Jiao Cheng  China 44.62 Q
4 6 Marila Lafina  Ukraine 45.94 Q
5 2 Marina Verbova  Ukraine 50.56
6 7 Patricia Valle  Mexico 55.04
7 1 Sonja Sigurdardottir  Iceland 1:03.39
8 8 Semicha Rizaoglou  Greece 1:11.60

Heat 2

10:32 17 September 2016:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Nely Miranda Herrera  Mexico 40.23 Q PR
2 3 Zulfiya Gabidullina  Kazakhstan 42.38 Q
3 5 Arjola Trimi  Italy 42.60 Q
4 6 Lisette Teunissen  Netherlands 48.16 Q
5 2 Yue Deng  China 48.50
6 7 Tammy Cunnington  Canada 51.97
7 1 Karolina Hamer  Poland 57.11
8 8 Haideé Aceves  Mexico 1:02.36

Final

18:33 17 September 2016:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
5 Rachael Watson  Australia 40.13 PR
6 Arjola Trimi  Italy 40.51
4 Nely Miranda Herrera  Mexico 40.53
4 3 Zulfiya Gabidullina  Kazakhstan 42.34
5 7 Jiao Cheng  China 43.13
6 2 Patricia Pereira dos Santos  Brazil 43.92
7 8 Lisette Teunissen  Netherlands 45.56
8 1 Marila Lafina  Ukraine 48.31

Notes

  1. ^ "Rio Results Book - Event No. 145" (PDF). Rio 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Women's 50m Freestyle - S4 - Heats". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Women's 50m Freestyle - S4 - Heats". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Women's 50m Freestyle - S4 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.