Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S12

Women's 400 metre freestyle S12 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	30 August
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Medalists
Oxana Savchenko   Russia   Hannah Russell   Great Britain   Deborah Font   Spain

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 ind. medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The women's 100 metre butterfly S12 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 2 September, at the London Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park, London. The event was for athletes included in the S12 classification, which is for competitors with visual impairments.^[1] Twelve swimmers took part, representing a total of nine different nations. Russia's Oxana Savchenko won the gold medal.

Results

Heats

Two heats were held, each with six swimmers; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final. The heats took place on 30 August starting at 10:03 BST.^[2] Great Britain's Hannah Russell won the first heat in a time of 4 minutes 41.25 seconds and was the fastest qualifier for the final. The second heat was won by Deborah Font of Spain who finished in a time of 4 minutes 46.72 seconds.^[2]

Key

•   Q   Qualified for next round

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Hannah Russell	Great Britain	4:41.25	Q
2	3	Amaya Alonso	Spain	4:53.07	Q
3	5	Anna Efimenko	Russia	4:57.33	Q
4	2	Natali Pronina	Azerbaijan	4:58.06	Q
5	6	Raquel Viel	Brazil	5:29.46
6	7	Nicole Frycova	Czech Republic	6:18.30

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Deborah Font	Spain	4:46.72	Q
2	6	Oxana Savchenko	Russia	4:48.10	Q
3	5	Naomi Maike Schnittger	Germany	4:58.93	Q
4	3	Yuliya Volkova	Ukraine	5:06.66	Q
5	7	Lenka Zahradnikova	Czech Republic	5:44.43
6	2	Matilde Estefania Alcazar Figueroa	Mexico	5:49.15

Final

The final was held on 30 August at 17:57 BST. Russia's Oxana Savchenko, swimming in lane 3, won the gold medal in a time of 4 minutes 37.89 seconds, finishing less than a second ahead of the 16-year-old British silver medallist Hannah Russell. Spain's Deborah Font was a further 1.15 seconds back in the bronze medal position.^[3][4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Oxana Savchenko	Russia	4:37.89
	4	Hannah Russell	Great Britain	4:38.60
	5	Deborah Font	Spain	4:39.75
4	2	Anna Efimenko	Russia	4:51.29
5	7	Natali Pronina	Azerbaijan	4:53.40
6	6	Amaya Alonso	Spain	4:53.59
7	1	Naomi Maike Schnittger	Germany	4:56.38
8	8	Yuliya Volkova	Ukraine	5:00.18

References

1. "Swimming - Classification". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
2. "Women's 400m Freestyle - S12". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
3. Pearce, Nick (30 August 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Hannah Russell claims a silver medal to add to impressive GCSE haul in dream month". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
4. "Women's 400m Freestyle - S12 (Final)". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 4 September 2012.