Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S12

The men's 400 metre freestyle S12 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 30 August, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Men's 400m Freestyle S12
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates30 August
Competitors11 from 7 nations
Winning time4:10.26
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sergey Punko  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Enrique Floriano  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sergii Klippert  Ukraine

Two heats were held, one with five swimmers and the other with six. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Sergey Punko won the gold medal in a time of 04:10.26. It was Russia's first gold of the London 2012 Paralympics.

Heats edit

Heat 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Enrique Floriano   Spain 4:19.38 Q
2 2 Sergii Klippert   Ukraine 4:30.68 Q
3 6 Ignacio Gonzalez   Argentina 4:33.33 Q
4 5 Fabrizio Sottile   Italy 4:38.09 Q
5 3 Anton Stabrovskyy   Ukraine 4:38.94

Heat 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Sergey Punko   Russia 4:25.03 Q
2 5 Tucker Dupree   United States 4:28.14 Q
3 3 Omar Font   Spain 4:30.13 Q
4 6 Daniel Simon   Germany 4:36.87 Q
5 2 Jose Ramon Cantero Elvira   Spain 4:40.45
6 7 Oleg Tkalienko   Ukraine 4:57.67

Final edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Sergey Punko   Russia 4:10.26
  4 Enrique Floriano   Spain 4:14.77
  2 Sergii Klippert   Ukraine 4:17.12
4 6 Omar Font   Spain 4:21.01
5 3 Tucker Dupree   United States 4:24.51
6 1 Daniel Simon   Germany 4:30.95
7 7 Ignacio Gonzalez   Argentina 4:34.38
8 8 Fabrizio Sotille   Italy 4:36.74

References edit

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results Archived 2012-08-30 at the Wayback Machine
Final Result