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

•   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.

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. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
2. ^ "Women's 400m Freestyle - S12". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. 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. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.

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