Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S6

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Women's 400m Freestyle S6
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Dates 1 September
Competitors 14 from 11 nations
Winning time 5:19.17
Medalists
Eleanor Simmonds Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Victoria Arlen Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Song Lingling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

The women's 400m freestyle S6 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 1 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 10:06.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Eleanor Simmonds Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5:24.64 Q, PR
2 5 Song Lingling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5:44.68 Q, AS
3 3 Natalie Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:03.95 Q
4 2 Doramitzi Gonzalez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 6:14.32 Q
5 6 Karina Domingo Bello Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 6:23.41
6 7 Tanja Groepper Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:24.56
7 1 Lorena Homar Lopez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7:16.32

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Victoria Arlen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:25.19 Q
2 5 Mirjam de Koning-Peper Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5:44.63 Q
3 6 Emanuela Romano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5:46.69 Q
4 3 Vianney Trejo Delgadillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 5:47.07 Q
5 2 Fanni Illes Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:21.11
6 1 Ozlem Baykiz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 6:46.50
7 7 Anastasia Diodorova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6:49.35

Final

Competed at 17:56.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 Eleanor Simmonds Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5:19.17 WR
5 Victoria Arlen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:20.18 AM
6 Song Lingling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5:33.73 AS
4 3 Mirjam de Koning-Peper Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5:38.06
5 2 Emanuela Romano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5:44.36
6 7 Vianney Trejo Delgadillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 5:47.85
7 1 Natalie Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:02.02
8 8 Doramitzi Gonzalez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 6:29.51

'Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. 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