Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S8
# Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S8

The women's 50m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

## Results

### Heats

Competed from 10:33.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cecilie Drabsch Norland | Norway | 32.11 | Q |
| 2 | Jiang Shengnan | China | 32.38 | Q |
| 3 | Xu Yanru | China | 32.44 | Q |
| 4 | Jacqueline Freney | Australia | 32.49 | Q |
| 5 | Chen Zhonglan | China | 33.36 | |
| 6 | Anna Vengerovskaya | Russia | 35.36 | |
| 7 | Andrea Cole | Canada | 37.41 | |
| 8 | Desire Aguilar | Panama | 43.22 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jessica Long | United States | 32.54 | Q |
| 2 | Heather Frederiksen | Great Britain | 32.79 | Q |
| 3 | Amanda Everlove | United States | 32.96 | Q |
| 4 | Heidi Andreasen | Faroe Islands | 33.20 | Q |
| 5 | Julia Kabus | Germany | 34.44 | |
| 6 | Stefanie Weinberg | Germany | 34.95 | |
| 7 | Rhiannon Oliver | Australia | 35.25 | |

### Final

Competed at 19:38.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Cecilie Drabsch Norland | Norway | 32.09 |
| | Amanda Everlove | United States | 32.20 |
| | Jacqueline Freney | Australia | 32.37 |
| 4 | Jiang Shengnan | China | 32.47 |
| 5 | Xu Yanru | China | 32.54 |
| 6 | Jessica Long | United States | 32.58 |
| 7 | Heather Frederiksen | Great Britain | 32.59 |
| 8 | Heidi Andreasen | Faroe Islands | 32.66 |

Q = qualified for final.

