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The women's 50 metre freestyle S3 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 7 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Two heats were held, one with four swimmers and one with five swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advance to the finals.

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Olga Sviderska	Ukraine	48.64	Q
2	1	4	Jiangbo Xia	China	52.73	Q
3	2	5	Patricia Valle	Mexico	59.04	Q
4	1	5	Pin Xiu Yip	Singapore	1:00.52	Q
5	2	3	Semicha Rizaoglou	Greece	1:05.02	Q
6	1	3	Annke Conradi	Germany	1:05.51	Q
7	2	6	Haideé Aceves	Mexico	1:07.89	Q
8	1	6	Vera Thamm	Germany	1:10.90	Q
9	2	2	Esther Overton	Australia	1:12.24

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Jiangbo Xia	China	48.11	WR
	4	Olga Sviderska	Ukraine	48.39	EU
	3	Patricia Valle	Mexico	55.74	AM
4	6	Pin Xiu Yip	Singapore	1:01.64
5	2	Semicha Rizaoglou	Greece	1:08.56
6	1	Haideé Aceves	Mexico	1:09.99
7	7	Annke Conradi	Germany	1:10.38
8	8	Vera Thamm	Germany	1:17.04

Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle			S3		S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle			S3		S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle					S5
				S14
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12
50 m backstroke		S2		S4
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12		S14
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13	SB14
50 m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
		S12
200 m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)