Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S6

Women's 400 metre freestyle S6
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates13 September 2016
Competitors14 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yelyzaveta Mereshko  Ukraine
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lingling Song  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eleanor Simmonds  Great Britain
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2016 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyleS4S5S6S7S8
S9S10S11S12S13
100 m freestyleS3S5S6S7S8
S9S10S11S13
200 m freestyleS5S14
400 m freestyleS6S7S8S9S10
S11S13
50 m backstrokeS2S3S4S5
100 m backstrokeS2S6S7S8S9
S10S11S12S13S14
50 m breaststrokeSB3
100 m breaststrokeSB4SB5SB6SB7SB8
SB9SB11SB13SB14
50 m butterflyS5S6S7
100 m butterflyS8S9S10S13
150 m medleySM4
200 m medleySM6SM7SM8SM9SM10
SM11SM13SM14
Freestyle relays4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays4 × 100 m (34pts)

The women's 400 metre freestyle S6 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 13 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

9:46 13 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Eleanor Simmonds  Great Britain 5:37.75 Q
2 5 Ellie Robinson  Great Britain 5:41.04 Q
3 3 Vianney Trejo Delgadillo  Mexico 5:56.01 Q
4 7 Fanni Illes  Hungary 6:01.11
5 6 Valeria Monserrat Lopez Gomez  Mexico 6:05.96
6 1 Reilly Boyt  United States 6:23.45
7 2 Thelma Bjorg Bjornsdottir  Iceland 6:34.71

Heat 2

9:55 13 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Yelyzaveta Mereshko  Ukraine 5:25.27 Q
2 5 Lingling Song  China 5:35.43 Q
3 3 Viktoriia Savtsova  Ukraine 5:43.05 Q
4 6 Nicole Turner  Ireland 5:51.99 Q
5 2 Emanuela Romano  Italy 5:58.53 Q
6 7 Ayaallah Tewfick  Egypt 6:01.32
7 1 Sophia Elizabeth Herzog  United States 6:17.93

Final

17:41 13 September 2016:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Yelyzaveta Mereshko  Ukraine 5:17.01 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Lingling Song  China 5:21.37
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Eleanor Simmonds  Great Britain 5:24.87
4 6 Ellie Robinson  Great Britain 5:27.53
5 2 Viktoriia Savtsova  Ukraine 5:36.07
6 1 Vianney Trejo Delgadillo  Mexico 5:48.19
7 8 Emanuela Romano  Italy 5:51.05
8 7 Nicole Turner  Ireland 5:54.61

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Women's 400m Freestyle - S6 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 7 October 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Women's 400m Freestyle - S6 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 7 October 2016.[permanent dead link]