Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S12

Women's 50m Freestyle S12 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	11 from 7 nations
Winning time	27.07
Medalists
Oxana Savchenko   Russia   Anna Efimenko   Russia   Deborah Font   Spain

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 ind. medley				SM4
200 m ind. medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13

The women's 50m freestyle S12 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:18.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Garcia-Arcicollar, AnaAna Garcia-Arcicollar	Spain	29.00	Q
2	Volkova, YuliyaYuliya Volkova	Ukraine	29.07	Q
3	Pelendritou, KarolinaKarolina Pelendritou	Cyprus	29.09	Q
4	Mendak, JoannaJoanna Mendak	Poland	29.14	Q
5	Mota, BelkysBelkys Mota	Venezuela	30.28	Q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Savchenko, OxanaOxana Savchenko	Russia	27.92	Q, WR
2	Font, DeborahDeborah Font	Spain	28.93	Q
3	Efimenko, AnnaAnna Efimenko	Russia	29.42	Q
4	Harajda, PatrycjaPatrycja Harajda	Poland	30.69
5	Rennebohm, JacquelineJacqueline Rennebohm	Canada	31.30
6	Casals, CarlaCarla Casals	Spain	31.69

Final

Competed at 17:15.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Savchenko, OxanaOxana Savchenko	Russia	27.07	WR
02 !	Efimenko, AnnaAnna Efimenko	Russia	27.82
03 !	Font, DeborahDeborah Font	Spain	28.23
4	Mendak, JoannaJoanna Mendak	Poland	28.34
5	Pelendritou, KarolinaKarolina Pelendritou	Cyprus	28.72
6	Volkova, YuliyaYuliya Volkova	Ukraine	28.86
7	Garcia-Arcicollar, AnaAna Garcia-Arcicollar	Spain	28.93
8	Mota, BelkysBelkys Mota	Venezuela	30.43

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 50m Freestyle S12". 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.