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

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 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	Poiani Panigati, MariaMaria Poiani Panigati	Italy	31.21	Q, WR
2	Sugimori, FabianaFabiana Sugimori	Brazil	32.90	Q
3	Ikinaga, NaomiNaomi Ikinaga	Japan	33.38	Q
4	Akiyama, RinaRina Akiyama	Japan	33.77	Q
5	Schulte, DanielaDaniela Schulte	Germany	33.83	Q
6	Thomas, AmberAmber Thomas	Canada	35.13

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Xie Qing	China	32.19	Q
2	Camellini, CeciliaCecilia Camellini	Italy	33.08	Q
3	Cavin, ChantalChantal Cavin	Switzerland	33.29	Q
4	Tuomela, JessJess Tuomela	Canada	34.06
5	Sokolova (swimmer), OlgaOlga Sokolova (swimmer)	Russia	34.17
6	Baez, NadiaNadia Baez	Argentina	34.47

Final

Competed at 17:05.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Poiani Panigati, MariaMaria Poiani Panigati	Italy	31.39
02 !	Camellini, CeciliaCecilia Camellini	Italy	31.95
03 !	Sugimori, FabianaFabiana Sugimori	Brazil	32.45
4	Cavin, ChantalChantal Cavin	Switzerland	32.58
5	Ikinaga, NaomiNaomi Ikinaga	Japan	32.81
6	Schulte, DanielaDaniela Schulte	Germany	33.05
7	Xie Qing	China	33.06
8	Akiyama, RinaRina 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.