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. 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. 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.
Key Qualified for next round
Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Hannah Russell 4:41.25 Q 2 3 Amaya Alonso 4:53.07Q 3 5 Anna Efimenko 4:57.33 Q 4 2 Natali Pronina 4:58.06 Q 5 6 Raquel Viel 5:29.46 6 7 Nicole Frycova 6:18.30
Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Deborah Font 4:46.72 Q 2 6 Oxana Savchenko 4:48.10Q 3 5 Naomi Maike Schnittger 4:58.93 Q 4 3 Yuliya Volkova 5:06.66 Q 5 7 Lenka Zahradnikova 5:44.43 6 2 Matilde Estefania Alcazar Figueroa 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.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes3 Oxana Savchenko 4:37.89 4 Hannah Russell 4:38.605 Deborah Font 4:39.7542 Anna Efimenko 4:51.2957 Natali Pronina 4:53.40 66 Amaya Alonso 4:53.5971 Naomi Maike Schnittger 4:56.38 88 Yuliya Volkova 5:00.18
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