The women's 400 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 8 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held, the first with six swimmers and the second with seven swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final, which was won by Australia's Lakeisha Patterson, in a world record time of 4:40.33.
Records , the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows. World record4:40.44Toronto, Canada20 March 2015Paralympic record4:42.28London, Great Britain31 August 20122016 World leading4:45.06Adelaide, Australia9 April 2016
Heats
Heat 1 10:01 8 September 2016
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4:57.37 Q 2 5 5:09.85 Q 3 3 5:16.02 Q 4 2 5:20.20 Q 5 7 5:26.27 6 6 5:36.21
Heat 2 10:09 8 September 2016
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4:48.26 Q 2 5 4:59.95 Q 3 3 5:13.99 Q 4 7 5:21.09 Q 5 2 5:24.51 6 6 5:25.08 7 1 5:41.36
Final 17:54 8 September 2016 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 4:40.33 WR PR 4 4:47.82 3 4:49.49 4 6 5:02.13 5 2 5:12.01 6 8 5:16.25 7 7 5:16.38 8 1 5:20.31
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