Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle S5

Women's 100m Freestyle S5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	7 September
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning time	1:16.65
Medalists
Maria Teresa Perales  Spain Inbal Pezaro  Israel Bela Hlaváčková  Czech Republic

The women's 100m freestyle S5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 7 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:52.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olena Akopyan	Ukraine	1:21.43	Q
2	Bela Hlaváčková	Czech Republic	1:22.24	Q
3	Mayumi Narita	Japan	1:27.53	Q
4	Yuka Kawamura	Japan	1:35.82	Q
5	Katalin Engelhardt	Hungary	1:42.71
6	Adri Visser	South Africa	1:49.61

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Maria Teresa Perales	Spain	1:22.22	Q
2	Inbal Pezaro	Israel	1:22.89	Q
3	Goh Theresa	Singapore	1:33.20	Q
4	Sugako Takeuchi	Japan	1:39.92	Q
5	Genevieve Pairoux-Lagardere	France	1:42.80
6	Marin Morrison	United States	3:10.30

Final

Competed at 18:17.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Maria Teresa Perales	Spain	1:16.65	WR
	Inbal Pezaro	Israel	1:21.57
	Bela Hlaváčková	Czech Republic	1:22.20
4	Olena Akopyan	Ukraine	1:22.84
5	Mayumi Narita	Japan	1:27.90
6	Goh Theresa	Singapore	1:32.92
7	Yuka Kawamura	Japan	1:35.72
8	Sugako Takeuchi	Japan	1:38.21

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.