Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S8

Women's 400 metre freestyle S8
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates8 September
Competitors13 from 8 nations
Medalists
   Australia
   United States
   Great Britain
Swimming at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle S4 S5 S6 S7 S8
S9 S10 S11 S12 S13
100 m freestyle S3 S5 S6 S7 S8
S9 S10 S11 S13
200 m freestyle S5 S14
400 m freestyle S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
S11 S13
50 m backstroke S2 S3 S4 S5
100 m backstroke S2 S6 S7 S8 S9
S10 S11 S12 S13 S14
50 m breaststroke SB3
100 m breaststroke SB4 SB5 SB6 SB7 SB8
SB9 SB11 SB13 SB14
50 m butterfly S5 S6 S7
100 m butterfly S8 S9 S10 S13
150 m medley SM4
200 m medley SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10
SM11 SM13 SM14
Freestyle relay 4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relay 4 × 100 m (34pts)

The women's 400 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 8 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held, the first with six swimmers and the second with seven swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final, which was won by Australia's Lakeisha Patterson, in a world record time of 4:40.33.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows.

World record  Jessica Long (USA) 4:40.44 Toronto, Canada 20 March 2015
Paralympic record  Jessica Long (USA) 4:42.28 London, Great Britain 31 August 2012
2016 World leading  Lakeisha Patterson (AUS) 4:45.06 Adelaide, Australia 9 April 2016

Heats

Heat 1

10:01 8 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 2 Duskova, VensulaVensula Duskova  Czech Republic 5:20.20 Q
3 3 Bro, BrickelleBrickelle Bro  United States 5:16.02 Q
1 4 Patterson, LakeishaLakeisha Patterson  Australia 4:57.37 Q
2 5 Elliott, MaddisonMaddison Elliott  Australia 5:09.85 Q
6 6 Weggemann, MalloryMallory Weggemann  United States 5:36.21
5 7 Jeronimo de Araujo, CeciliaCecilia Jeronimo de Araujo  Brazil 5:26.27

Heat 2

10:09 8 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
7 1 Kelly, AilbheAilbhe Kelly  Ireland 5:41.36
5 2 Duchesne, SabrinaSabrina Duchesne  Canada 5:24.51
3 3 Vinther, AmalieAmalie Vinther  Denmark 5:13.99 Q
1 4 Long, JessicaJessica Long  United States 4:48.26 Q
2 5 Millward, StephanieStephanie Millward  Great Britain 4:59.95 Q
6 6 Bird, MorganMorgan Bird  Canada 5:25.08
4 7 Tripp, AbiAbi Tripp  Canada 5:21.09 Q

Final

17:54 8 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Patterson, LakeishaLakeisha Patterson  Australia 4:40.33 WR PR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 4 Long, JessicaJessica Long  United States 4:47.82
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 Millward, StephanieStephanie Millward  Great Britain 4:49.49
4 6 Elliott, MaddisonMaddison Elliott  Australia 5:02.13
5 2 Vinther, AmalieAmalie Vinther  Denmark 5:12.01
6 8 Tripp, AbiAbi Tripp  Canada 5:16.25
7 7 Bro, BrickelleBrickelle Bro  United States 5:16.38
8 1 Duskova, VendulaVendula Duskova  Canada 5:20.31

References

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