Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S8

Women's 400m Freestyle S8 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	31 August
Competitors	14 from 7 nations
Winning time	4:42.28
Medalists
Jessica Long  United States Heather Frederiksen  Great Britain Maddison Elliott  Australia

The women's 400m freestyle S8 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 31 August. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:45.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Heather Frederiksen	Great Britain	4:58.29	Q
2	2	Maddison Elliott	Australia	5:13.34	Q
3	3	McKenzie Coan	United States	5:17.94	Q
4	6	Amalie Vinther	Denmark	5:28.03
5	1	Camille Berube	Canada	5:39.14
6	7	Charlotte Henshaw	Great Britain	5:42.19
7	5	Emma Hollis	Great Britain	6:02.84

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Jessica Long	United States	4:44.52	Q, PR
2	3	Morgan Bird	Canada	5:19.15	Q
3	6	Julia Kabus	Germany	5:19.20	Q
4	2	Romy Pansters	Netherlands	5:19.80	Q
5	5	Brickelle Bro	United States	5:27.15	Q
6	7	Lisa den Braber	Netherlands	5:34.18
7	1	Sarah Mailhot	Canada	5:54.67

Final

Competed at 17:41.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Jessica Long	United States	4:42.28	WR
	5	Heather Frederiksen	Great Britain	5:00.50
	3	Maddison Elliott	Australia	5:09.36
4	2	Morgan Bird	Canada	5:18.35
5	8	Brickelle Bro	United States	5:20.42
6	6	McKenzie Coan	United States	5:20.57
7	7	Julia Kabus	Germany	5:21.46
8	1	Romy Pansters	Netherlands	5:30.71

'Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine