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

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  Great Britain Victoria Arlen  United States Song Lingling  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.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:06.

Heat 1

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

Heat 2

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

Final

Competed at 17:56.

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

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

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine