Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly S12

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Women's 100 metre butterfly S12
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Dates 2 September
Competitors 8 from 7 nations
Medalists
Joanna Mendak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Darya Stukalova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Hannah Russell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

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] Eight swimmers took part, representing a total of seven different nations. Poland's Joanna Mendak won the gold medal.

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.

S12 (classification) disability swimming classifications

S12, SB12, SM12 are disability swimming classifications used for categorising swimmers based on their level of disability.

Results

Eight swimmers were involved in the competition which progressed directly to a final with no heats contested. [2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 Joanna Mendak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:06.16
5 Darya Stukalova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:06.27
3 Hannah Russell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:08.57
46 Carla Casals Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:10.44
58 Belkys Mota Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1:12.85
61 Amaya Alonso Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:13.75
72 Naomi Maike Schnittger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:16.70
87 Yaryna Matlo Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:17.49

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References

  1. "Swimming - Classification". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  2. "Women's 100m Butterfly - S12". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 4 September 2012.