Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly S8

Women's 100m Butterfly S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	7 September
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:11.96
Medalists
Jessica Long   United States   Amanda Everlove   United States   Jin Xiaoqin   China

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 100m butterfly S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 7 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:39.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chen Zhonglan	China	1:16.24	Q
2	Jin Xiaoqin	China	1:17.26	Q
3	Cerasuolo, ImmacolataImmacolata Cerasuolo	Italy	1:17.50	Q
4	Vengerovskaya, AnnaAnna Vengerovskaya	Russia	1:22.58
5	Weinberg, StefanieStefanie Weinberg	Germany	1:23.48
6	Lira, ValeriaValeria Lira	Brazil	1:32.58

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Everlove, AmandaAmanda Everlove	United States	1:11.64	Q
2	Long, JessicaJessica Long	United States	1:12.54	Q
3	Lu Weiyuan	China	1:16.18	Q
4	Latham, RachaelRachael Latham	Great Britain	1:17.72	Q
5	Nomura, ManamiManami Nomura	Japan	1:21.94	Q
6	Cole, AndreaAndrea Cole	Canada	1:32.78

Final

Competed at 19:47.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Long, JessicaJessica Long	United States	1:11.96
02 !	Everlove, AmandaAmanda Everlove	United States	1:12.16
03 !	Jin Xiaoqin	China	1:15.32
4	Chen Zhonglan	China	1:15.76
5	Lu Weiyuan	China	1:16.67
6	Cerasuolo, ImmacolataImmacolata Cerasuolo	Italy	1:17.14
7	Latham, RachaelRachael Latham	Great Britain	1:18.61
8	Nomura, ManamiManami Nomura	Japan	1:20.64

Q = qualified for final.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 100m Butterfly S8". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 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 27 September 2012.