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.
| Women's 400 metre freestyle S8 at the XV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 8 September 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4:40.33 | ||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition[update], 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
editHeat 1
edit10:01 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
edit10:09 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
edit17:54 8 September 2016
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 5 | Lakeisha Patterson | Australia | 4:40.33 | WR PR |
 | 4 | Jessica Long | United States | 4:47.82 | |
 | 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
edit- "Women's 400m Freestyle - S8". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
