Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S8

The women's 50 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 2 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Women's 50 metre freestyle S8 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	2 September
Competitors	17 from 12 nations
Medalists
Mallory Weggemann  United States Maddison Elliott  Australia Jiang Shengnan  China

Three heats were held, one with five swimmers, two with six competitors each. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	6	Maddison Elliott	Australia	31.57	Q, OC
2	2	5	Jessica Long	United States	31.61	Q, AM
3	3	4	Jiang Shengnan	China	31.81	Q
4	2	4	Olesya Vladykina	Russia	31.93	Q
5	3	5	Mallory Weggemann	United States	32.01	Q
6	1	4	Heather Frederiksen	Great Britain	32.34	Q
7	3	2	Kateryna Istomina	Ukraine	32.39	Q
8	3	6	Morgan Bird	Canada	32.67	Q
9	2	3	Stefanie Weinberg	Germany	32.68
10	3	3	Ksenia Sogomonyan	Russia	32.92
11	1	5	Chen Zhonglan	China	32.96
12	1	6	Amalie Vinther	Denmark	33.10
13	1	3	Amanda Everlove	United States	34.02
14	2	7	Immacolata Cerasuolo	Italy	34.53
15	2	2	Romy Pansters	Netherlands	34.66
16	3	7	Julia Kabus	Germany	35.00
17	1	2	Mariann Vestbostad	Norway	35.25

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Mallory Weggemann	United States	31.13	PR
	4	Maddison Elliott	Australia	31.44	OC
	3	Jiang Shengnan	China	31.55
4	6	Olesya Vladykina	Russia	31.59
5	5	Jessica Long	United States	31.71
6	7	Heather Frederiksen	Great Britain	31.93
7	1	Kateryna Istomina	Ukraine	32.05
8	8	Morgan Bird	Canada	32.70