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

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

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
01 !	4	Eleanor Simmonds	Great Britain	5:19.17	WR
02 !	5	Victoria Arlen	United States	5:20.18	AM
03 !	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
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final