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.

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Women's 400 metre freestyle S8 at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates	8 September
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Medalists
Lakeisha Patterson  Australia Jessica Long  United States Stephanie Millward  Great Britain

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Prior to the competition^[update], the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows.

World record	Jessica Long (USA)	4:40.44	Toronto, Canada	20 March 2015
Paralympic record	Jessica Long (USA)	4:42.28	London, Great Britain	31 August 2012
2016 World leading	Lakeisha Patterson (AUS)	4:45.06	Adelaide, Australia	9 April 2016

17:54 8 September 2016

More information Rank, Lane ...

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Lakeisha Patterson	Australia	4:40.33	WR PR
	4	Jessica Long	United States	4:47.82
	3	Stephanie Millward	Great Britain	4:49.49
4	6	Maddison Elliott	Australia	5:02.13
5	2	Amalie Vinther	Denmark	5:12.01
6	8	Abi Tripp	Canada	5:16.25
7	7	Brickelle Bro	United States	5:16.38
8	1	Vendula Duskova	Canada	5:20.31

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• "Women's 400m Freestyle - S8". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.