Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The women's 200 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Rio Olympic Stadium from 8 to 15 September. A total of two events were contested for two different classifications.

Competition format

Each event consists of two rounds: heats and final. The top eight swimmers overall in the heats progress to the final. If there are eight or fewer swimmers in an event, no heats are held and all swimmers qualify for the final.

Results

S5

20:08 8 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Li Zhang  China 2:48.33
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Teresa Perales  Spain 2:50.91
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Sarah Louise Rung  Norway 2:51.37
4 2 Cuan Yao  China 3:00.93
5 6 Inbal Pezaro  Israel 3:03.29
6 7 Joana Maria Silva  Brazil 3:12.73
7 8 Alyssa Gialamas  United States 3:15.04
8 1 Anita Fatis  France 3:18.23

S14

18:37 11 September 2016:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Bethany Firth  Great Britain 2:03.30 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Jessica-Jane Applegate  Great Britain 2:06.92
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Marlou van der Kulk  Netherlands 2:10.20
4 3 Pernilla Lindberg  Sweden 2:12.54
5 2 Michelle Alonso Morales  Spain 2:16.65
6 8 Xenia Francesca Palazzo  Italy 2:19.21
7 7 Michelle Franssen  Belgium 2:19.91
8 1 Janina Breuer  Germany 2:22.16

References

  1. ^ "Women's 200m Freestyle - S5 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Women's 200m Freestyle - S14 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 4 October 2016.[permanent dead link]