Women's 50m Backstroke S5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	8 September
Competitors	14 from 12 nations
Winning time	41.03
Medalists
Běla Hlaváčková  Czech Republic Maria Teresa Perales  Spain Karina Lauridsen  Denmark

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
v t e

The women's 50m backstroke S5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Competed from 10:13.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Karina Lauridsen	Denmark	45.12	Q
2	Diána Zámbó	Hungary	51.19	Q
3	Lisette Teunissen	Netherlands	51.49	Q
4	Beth Nothling	South Africa	55.88	Q
5	Nadia Porras	Mexico	56.42
6	Sonja Sigurdardottir	Iceland	57.90
7	Simone Fragoso	Portugal	58.90

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Běla Hlaváčková	Czech Republic	41.17	Q, PR
2	Maria Teresa Perales	Spain	44.92	Q
3	Mayumi Narita	Japan	51.85	Q
4	Yuka Kawamura	Japan	55.01	Q
5	Genevieve Pairoux-Lagardere	France	1:02.65
6	Diana Guimarães	Portugal	1:06.57
	Marin Morrison	United States		DQ

Competed at 19:02.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Běla Hlaváčková	Czech Republic	41.03	PR
	Maria Teresa Perales	Spain	44.58
	Karina Lauridsen	Denmark	45.72
4	Lisette Teunissen	Netherlands	50.87
5	Mayumi Narita	Japan	51.23
6	Diána Zámbó	Hungary	52.04
7	Beth Nothling	South Africa	54.29
8	Yuka Kawamura	Japan	55.41

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record. DQ = Disqualified.

• "Heats and Final Results – Women's 50m Backstroke S5". 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.