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

Women's 50 metre freestyle S4 at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates	17 September
Competitors	16 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 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 relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)
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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:^[1]

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:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Rachael Watson	Australia	40.69	Q PR
2	3		Brazil	44.10	Q
3	5	Jiao Cheng	China	44.62	Q
4	6		Ukraine	45.94	Q
5	2		Ukraine	50.56
6	7	Patricia Valle	Mexico	55.04
7	1		Iceland	1:03.39
8	8		Greece	1:11.60

Heat 2[]

10:32 17 September 2016:^[3]

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		China	48.50
6	7		Canada	51.97
7	1	Karolina Hamer	Poland	57.11
8	8		Mexico	1:02.36

Final[]

18:33 17 September 2016:^[4]

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		Brazil	43.92
7	8	Lisette Teunissen	Netherlands	45.56
8	1		Ukraine	48.31

Notes[]