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

Event:Men's 400m Freestyle S12
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:London Aquatics Centre
Dates:30 August
Competitors:11
Nations:7
Win Value:4:10.26
Goldnpc:RUS
Gold:Sergey Punko
Silvernpc:ESP
Silver:Enrique Floriano
Bronzenpc:UKR
Bronze:Sergii Klippert

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

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

Heat 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Enrique Floriano4:19.38Q
22Sergii Klippert4:30.68Q
36Ignacio Gonzalez4:33.33Q
45Fabrizio Sottile4:38.09Q
53Anton Stabrovskyy4:38.94

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Sergey Punko4:25.03Q
25Tucker Dupree4:28.14Q
33Omar Font4:30.13Q
46Daniel Simon4:36.87Q
52Jose Ramon Cantero Elvira4:40.45
67Oleg Tkalienko4:57.67

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Sergey Punko4:10.26
4Enrique Floriano4:14.77
2Sergii Klippert4:17.12
46Omar Font4:21.01
53Tucker Dupree4:24.51
61Daniel Simon4:30.95
77Ignacio Gonzalez4:34.38
88Fabrizio Sotille4:36.74

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results
Final Result