Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S6

Women's 400m Freestyle S6 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	10 from 7 nations
Winning time	5:41.34
Medalists
Eleanor Simmonds   Great Britain   Mirjam de Koning-Peper   Netherlands   Maria Goetze   Germany

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 S6 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 09:49.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Uhl, MirandaMiranda Uhl	United States	6:00.34	Q
2	Goetze, MariaMaria Goetze	Germany	6:06.49	Q
3	Lewis, NyreeNyree Lewis	Great Britain	6:13.85	Q
4	Nara, ErikaErika Nara	Japan	6:31.92	Q
5	Johnson, CaseyCasey Johnson	United States	6:49.80

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Simmonds, EleanorEleanor Simmonds	Great Britain	5:56.24	Q
2	de Koning-Peper, MirjamMirjam de Koning-Peper	Netherlands	5:57.72	Q
3	Gonzalez, DoramitziDoramitzi Gonzalez	Mexico	6:15.97	Q
4	Love, MhairiMhairi Love	Great Britain	6:20.31	Q
5	Illes, FanniFanni Illes	Hungary	6:43.09

Final

Competed at 18:16.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Simmonds, EleanorEleanor Simmonds	Great Britain	5:41.34	WR
02 !	de Koning-Peper, MirjamMirjam de Koning-Peper	Netherlands	5:43.76
03 !	Goetze, MariaMaria Goetze	Germany	5:49.70
4	Uhl, MirandaMiranda Uhl	United States	5:55.64
5	Gonzalez, DoramitziDoramitzi Gonzalez	Mexico	6:06.84
6	Lewis, NyreeNyree Lewis	Great Britain	6:10.82
7	Love, MhairiMhairi Love	Great Britain	6:15.31
8	Nara, ErikaErika Nara	Japan	6:26.60

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 400m Freestyle S6". 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.