Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S6

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Women's 400 metre freestyle S6
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates13 September 2016
Competitors14 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yelyzaveta Mereshko  Ukraine
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lingling Song
 China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Eleanor Simmonds
 Great Britain

The women's 400 metre freestyle S6 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 13 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

9:46 13 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4
Eleanor Simmonds
 Great Britain 5:37.75 Q
2 5
Ellie Robinson
 Great Britain 5:41.04 Q
3 3 Vianney Trejo Delgadillo  Mexico 5:56.01 Q
4 7
Fanni Illes
 Hungary 6:01.11
5 6 Valeria Monserrat Lopez Gomez  Mexico 6:05.96
6 1 Reilly Boyt  United States 6:23.45
7 2 Thelma Bjorg Bjornsdottir  Iceland 6:34.71

Heat 2

9:55 13 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Yelyzaveta Mereshko  Ukraine 5:25.27 Q
2 5
Lingling Song
 China 5:35.43 Q
3 3 Viktoriia Savtsova  Ukraine 5:43.05 Q
4 6 Nicole Turner  Ireland 5:51.99 Q
5 2 Emanuela Romano  Italy 5:58.53 Q
6 7 Ayaallah Tewfick  Egypt 6:01.32
7 1
Sophia Elizabeth Herzog
 United States 6:17.93

Final

17:41 13 September 2016:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Yelyzaveta Mereshko  Ukraine 5:17.01 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5
Lingling Song
 China 5:21.37
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3
Eleanor Simmonds
 Great Britain 5:24.87
4 6
Ellie Robinson
 Great Britain 5:27.53
5 2 Viktoriia Savtsova  Ukraine 5:36.07
6 1 Vianney Trejo Delgadillo  Mexico 5:48.19
7 8 Emanuela Romano  Italy 5:51.05
8 7 Nicole Turner  Ireland 5:54.61

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Women's 400m Freestyle - S6 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 7 October 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Women's 400m Freestyle - S6 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 7 October 2016.[permanent dead link]