Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S8

Women's 400 metre freestyle S8
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates8 September
Competitors13 from 8 nations
Winning time4:40.33
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lakeisha Patterson  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jessica Long  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stephanie Millward  Great Britain
2012
2020

The women's 400 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 8 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held, the first with six swimmers and the second with seven swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final, which was won by Australia's Lakeisha Patterson, in a world record time of 4:40.33.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows.

World record  Jessica Long (USA) 4:40.44 Toronto, Canada 20 March 2015
Paralympic record  Jessica Long (USA) 4:42.28 London, Great Britain 31 August 2012
2016 World leading  Lakeisha Patterson (AUS) 4:45.06 Adelaide, Australia 9 April 2016

Heats

Heat 1

10:01 8 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Lakeisha Patterson  Australia 4:57.37 Q
2 5 Maddison Elliott  Australia 5:09.85 Q
3 3 Brickelle Bro  United States 5:16.02 Q
4 2 Vendula Duskova  Czech Republic 5:20.20 Q
5 7 Cecilia Jeronimo de Araujo  Brazil 5:26.27
6 6 Mallory Weggemann  United States 5:36.21

Heat 2

10:09 8 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jessica Long  United States 4:48.26 Q
2 5 Stephanie Millward  Great Britain 4:59.95 Q
3 3 Amalie Vinther  Denmark 5:13.99 Q
4 7 Abi Tripp  Canada 5:21.09 Q
5 2 Sabrina Duchesne  Canada 5:24.51
6 6 Morgan Bird  Canada 5:25.08
7 1 Ailbhe Kelly  Ireland 5:41.36

Final

17:54 8 September 2016

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Lakeisha Patterson  Australia 4:40.33 WR PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Jessica Long  United States 4:47.82
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Stephanie Millward  Great Britain 4:49.49
4 6 Maddison Elliott  Australia 5:02.13
5 2 Amalie Vinther  Denmark 5:12.01
6 8 Abi Tripp  Canada 5:16.25
7 7 Brickelle Bro  United States 5:16.38
8 1 Vendula Duskova  Canada 5:20.31

References

  • "Women's 400m Freestyle - S8". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.