Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley SM9

Women's 200m Individual Medley SM9 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	11 September
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Winning time	2:27.83
Medalists
Natalie du Toit   South Africa   Stephanie Dixon   Canada   Louise Watkin   Great Britain

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 200m individual medley SM9 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 11 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:21.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Watkin, LouiseLouise Watkin	Great Britain	2:42.08	Q
2	Gral, EmilieEmilie Gral	France	2:44.82	Q
3	Gray, BrittanyBrittany Gray	Canada	2:46.58	Q
4	Gascón Moreno, SaraiSarai Gascón Moreno	Spain	2:46.93
5	Grey, KateKate Grey	Great Britain	2:48.15
6	Gimenez, DanielaDaniela Gimenez	Argentina	2:55.29
7	Roxon, KatarinaKatarina Roxon	Canada	2:55.75
8	Grazhdanova, IrinaIrina Grazhdanova	Russia	2:58.11

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	du Toit, NatalieNatalie du Toit	South Africa	2:30.13	Q
2	Dixon, StephanieStephanie Dixon	Canada	2:40.01	Q
3	Cashmore, ClaireClaire Cashmore	Great Britain	2:42.11	Q
4	Cole, EllieEllie Cole	Australia	2:42.26	Q
5	Wozniak, PaulinaPaulina Wozniak	Poland	2:45.33	Q
6	Keane, EllenEllen Keane	Ireland	2:47.35
7	Calado, JoanaJoana Calado	Portugal	2:52.52
8	Rodriguez, EsterEster Rodriguez	Spain	2:55.93

Final

Competed at 18:26.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	du Toit, NatalieNatalie du Toit	South Africa	2:27.83	WR
02 !	Dixon, StephanieStephanie Dixon	Canada	2:37.54
03 !	Watkin, LouiseLouise Watkin	Great Britain	2:40.31
4	Cashmore, ClaireClaire Cashmore	Great Britain	2:42.09
5	Gral, EmilieEmilie Gral	France	2:42.48
6	Gray, BrittanyBrittany Gray	Canada	2:45.49
7	Wozniak, PaulinaPaulina Wozniak	Poland	2:46.14

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 200m Individual Medley SM9". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 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 27 September 2012.