Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle S13

Women's 100m Freestyle S13 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	10 September
Competitors	9 from 5 nations
Winning time	58.87
Medalists
Valerie Grand Maison   Canada   Chelsey Gotell   Canada   Kelley Becherer   United States

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 freestyle S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 10 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:20.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Becherer, KelleyKelley Becherer	United States	60.27 !1:00.27	Q
2	Balashova, IrynaIryna Balashova	Ukraine	62.37 !1:02.37	Q
3	Watt, PruePrue Watt	Australia	62.61 !1:02.61	Q
4	Coughlin, JennyJenny Coughlin	Great Britain	66.18 !1:06.18	Q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Grand Maison, ValerieValerie Grand Maison	Canada	60.39 !1:00.39	Q
2	Gotell, ChelseyChelsey Gotell	Canada	61.74 !1:01.74	Q
3	Cote, KirbyKirby Cote	Canada	62.53 !1:02.53	Q
4	Henry, RhiannonRhiannon Henry	Great Britain	63.02 !1:03.02	Q
5	van Roosmalen, TeiganTeigan van Roosmalen	Australia	67.64 !1:07.64

Final

Competed at 17:16.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Grand Maison, ValerieValerie Grand Maison	Canada	58.87	WR
02 !	Gotell, ChelseyChelsey Gotell	Canada	60.26 !1:00.26
03 !	Becherer, KelleyKelley Becherer	United States	60.46 !1:00.46
4	Cote, KirbyKirby Cote	Canada	60.95 !1:00.95
5	Balashova, IrynaIryna Balashova	Ukraine	61.56 !1:01.56
6	Watt, PruePrue Watt	Australia	61.59 !1:01.59
7	Henry, RhiannonRhiannon Henry	Great Britain	61.79 !1:01.79
8	Coughlin, JennyJenny Coughlin	Great Britain	66.94 !1:06.94

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 100m Freestyle S13". 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.