Women's 50m Freestyle S5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	14 from 12 nations
Winning time	35.88
Medalists
Maria Teresa Perales  Spain Bela Hlaváčková  Czech Republic Olena Akopyan  Ukraine

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 50m freestyle S5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September.^[1] There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Competed from 10:04.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Ref
1	Maria Teresa Perales	Spain	36.75	Q, PR	[2]
2	Inbal Pezaro	Israel	38.54	Q
3	Mayumi Narita	Japan	39.96	Q
4	Lisette Teunissen	Netherlands	45.68
5	Genevieve Pairoux-Lagardere	France	45.83
6	Yuka Kawamura	Japan	46.56
7	Marin Morrison	United States	1:35.60

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Ref
1	Bela Hlaváčková	Czech Republic	36.90	Q	[2]
2	Olena Akopyan	Ukraine	37.90	Q
3	Sugako Takeuchi	Japan	43.72	Q
4	Katalin Engelhardt	Hungary	44.89	Q
5	Karina Lauridsen	Denmark	44.90	Q
6	Simone Fragoso	Portugal	45.69
7	Goh Theresa	Singapore	53.67

Competed at 19:04.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Ref
	Maria Teresa Perales	Spain	35.88	WR	[2]
	Bela Hlaváčková	Czech Republic	37.12
	Olena Akopyan	Ukraine	37.53
4	Inbal Pezaro	Israel	38.69
5	Mayumi Narita	Japan	39.99
6	Sugako Takeuchi	Japan	44.04
7	Karina Lauridsen	Denmark	44.69
8	Katalin Engelhardt	Hungary	45.78