Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle S9

Women's 100m Freestyle S9 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	8 September
Competitors	20 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:01.44
Medalists
Natalie du Toit  South Africa Louise Watkin  Great Britain Stephanie Dixon  Canada

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 medley				SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
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The women's 100m freestyle S9 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results[]

Heats[]

Competed from 11:07.

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ellie Cole	Australia	1:05.11	Q
2	Darda Sales	Canada	1:05.66	Q
3	Stephanie Dixon	Canada	1:06.03	Q
4	Lauren Steadman	Great Britain	1:08.46
5	Melissa Stockwell	United States	1:09.55
6	Wang Qian	China	1:09.59

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Louise Watkin	Great Britain	1:04.91	Q
2		United States	1:06.30
3	Christiane Reppe	Germany	1:06.67
4	Irina Grazhdanova	Russia	1:06.78
5		Australia	1:06.81
6	Emilie Gral	France	1:07.36
7	Paulina Wozniak	Poland	1:10.24

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	1:02.19	Q, PR
2	Stephanie Millward	Great Britain	1:05.05	Q
3	Elizabeth Stone	United States	1:05.06	Q
4	Annabelle Williams	Australia	1:05.71	Q
5	Mendy Meenderink	Netherlands	1:06.85
6		Italy	1:09.15
7		France	1:09.81

Final[]

Competed at 20:27.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	1:01.44	PR
	Louise Watkin	Great Britain	1:03.85
	Stephanie Dixon	Canada	1:03.89
4	Ellie Cole	Australia	1:04.24
5	Stephanie Millward	Great Britain	1:04.52
6	Elizabeth Stone	United States	1:04.86
7	Annabelle Williams	Australia	1:05.43
8	Darda Sales	Canada	1:05.65

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record.

References[]

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 100m Freestyle S9". 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.