Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB5

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Women's 100m Breaststroke SB5
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Dates 5 September
Competitors 14 from 9 nations
Winning time 1:35.50
Medalists
Kirsten Bruhn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Song Lingling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Noga Nir-Kistler Flag of the United States.svg  United States

The women's 100m breaststroke SB5 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 5 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

2012 Summer Paralympics sportive event

The 2012 Summer Paralympics, the 14th Summer Paralympic Games, and also more generally known as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), that took place in London, United Kingdom from 29 August to 9 September 2012. These Paralympics were one of the largest multi-sport events ever held in the United Kingdom after the 2012 Summer Olympics, and until the date the largest Paralympics ever: 4,302 athletes from 164 National Paralympic Committees participated, with fourteen countries appearing in the Paralympics for the first time ever.

London Aquatics Centre architectural structure

The London Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility with two 50-metre (164-foot) swimming pools and a 25-metre (82-foot) diving pool in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London. The centre, one of the main venues of the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics, was used for the swimming, diving and synchronised swimming events. After significant modification, the centre opened to the public in March 2014.

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Results

Heats

Competed from 10:36.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Verena Schott Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:54.34 Q
2 2 Sabine Weber-Treiber Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:56.99 Q
3 3 Ileana Rodriguez Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:58.42 Q
4 4 Victoria Arlen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:59.67
5 6 Julia Castello Farre Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:01.18
6 1 Thi Bich Nhu Trinh Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2:11.80
7 7 Maga Hovakimyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 2:21.88

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Kirsten Bruhn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:35.03 Q, PR
2 5 Song Lingling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:49.19 Q, AS
3 3 Noga Nir-Kistler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:53.35 Q, AM
4 2 Gitta Raczko Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:57.39 Q
5 6 Fanni Illes Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:58.83 Q
6 7 Valerie Drapeau Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 2:07.70
7 1 Thi-Lan du Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2:12.49

Final

Competed at 18:31.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 Kirsten Bruhn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:35.50
5 Song Lingling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:47.19 AS
3 Noga Nir-Kistler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:50.76 AM
4 2 Sabine Weber-Treiber Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:51.96
5 6 Verena Schott Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:53.09
6 7 Gitta Raczko Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:56.61
7 1 Ileana Rodriguez Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:57.94
8 8 Fanni Illes Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:59.47

'Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record. AM = Americas Record. AS = Asian Record.

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References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final