Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S4

Women's 50 metre freestyle S4 at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates	17 September
Competitors	16 from 13 nations
Medalists
Rachel Watson   Australia   Arjola Trimi   Italy   Nely Miranda Herrera   Mexico

Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8
	S9	S10	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle	S3	S5	S6	S7	S8
	S9	S10	S11	S13
200 m freestyle	S5	S14
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S13
50 m backstroke	S2	S3	S4	S5
100 m backstroke	S2	S6	S7	S8	S9
	S10	S11	S12	S13	S14
50 m breaststroke	SB3
100 m breaststroke	SB4	SB5	SB6	SB7	SB8
	SB9	SB11	SB13	SB14
50 m butterfly	S5	S6	S7
100 m butterfly	S8	S9	S10	S13
150 m medley	SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM13	SM14
Freestyle relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The women's 50 metre freestyle S4 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 16 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held, with seven and eight swimmers respectively. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final, which was won by Australia's Rachel Watson.

Records

Prior to the final, the World and Paralympic records were as follows:^[1]

S3

World record	Zulfiya Gabidullina (KAZ)	42.21	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	8 September 2016
Paralympic record	Zulfiya Gabidullina (KAZ)	42.21	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	8 September 2016

S4

World record	Nely Miranda Herrera (MEX)	39.52	Gatineau, Canada	16 July 2016
Paralympic record	Lisette Teunissen (NED)	44.82	London, Great Britain	30 August 2012

Heats

Heat 1

10:28 17 September 2016:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Watson, RachelRachel Watson	Australia	40.69	Q PR
2	3	Pereira dos Santos, PatriciaPatricia Pereira dos Santos	Brazil	44.10	Q
3	5	Cheng, JiaoJiao Cheng	China	44.62	Q
4	6	Lafina, MarilaMarila Lafina	Ukraine	45.94	Q
5	2	Verbova, MarinaMarina Verbova	Ukraine	50.56
6	7	Valle, PatriciaPatricia Valle	Mexico	55.04
7	1	Sigurdardottir, SonjaSonja Sigurdardottir	Iceland	1:03.39
8	8	Rizaoglou, SemichaSemicha Rizaoglou	Greece	1:11.60

Heat 2

10:32 17 September 2016:^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Miranda Herrera, NelyNely Miranda Herrera	Australia	40.23	Q PR
2	3	Gabidullina, ZulfiyaZulfiya Gabidullina	Kazakhstan	42.38	Q
3	5	Trimi, ArjolaArjola Trimi	Italy	42.60	Q
4	6	Teunissen, LisetteLisette Teunissen	Netherlands	48.16	Q
5	2	Deng, YueYue Deng	China	48.50
6	7	Cunnington, TammyTammy Cunnington	Canada	51.97
7	1	Hamer, KarolinaKarolina Hamer	Poland	57.11
8	8	Aceves Perez, Haidee VivianaHaidee Viviana Aceves Perez	Mexico	1:02.36

Final

18:33 17 September 2016: ^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Watson, RachelRachel Watson	Australia	40.13	PR
	6	Trimi, ArjolaArjola Trimi	Italy	40.51
	4	Miranda Herrera, NelyNely Miranda Herrera	Mexico	40.53
4	3	Gabidullina, ZulfiyaZulfiya Gabidullina	Kazakhstan	42.34
5	7	Cheng, JiaoJiao Cheng	China	43.13
6	2	Pereira dos Santos, PatriciaPatricia Pereira dos Santos	Brazil	43.92
7	8	Teunissen, LisetteLisette Teunissen	Netherlands	45.56
8	1	Lafina, MarilaMarila Lafina	Ukraine	48.31

Notes

1. "Rio Results Book - Event No. 145" (PDF). Rio 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
2. "Women's 50m Freestyle - S4 - Heats". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
3. "Women's 50m Freestyle - S4 - Heats". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
4. "Women's 50m Freestyle - S4 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 30 September 2016.