Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S12

The men's 100m backstroke S12 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 5 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 100m Backstroke S12 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	5 September 2012
Competitors	13 from 10 nations
Winning time	59.35
Medalists
Aleksandr Nevolin-Svetov  Russia Tucker Dupree  United States Sergii Klippert  Ukraine

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:47.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Tucker Dupree	United States	1:02.36	Q
2	4	Maksym Veraksa	Ukraine	1:02.63	Q
3	3	Ignacio Gonzalez	Argentina	1:05.72	Q
4	6	Jeremy McClure	Australia	1:07.17	Q
5	2	Daniel Simon	Germany	1:07.34
6	7	Pedro Enrique Gonzalez Valdiviezo	Venezuela	1:15.03

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Aleksandr Nevolin-Svetov	Russia	1:01.07	Q
2	5	Sergii Klippert	Ukraine	1:02.59	Q
3	3	Roman Makarov	Russia	1:03.76	Q
4	6	Albert Gelis	Spain	1:04.32	Q
5	2	Anton Stabrovskyy	Ukraine	1:07.30
6	7	Anuar Akhmetov	Kazakhstan	1:13.43
7	1	Peter Tichy	Austria	1:22.06

Final

Competed at 18:54.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Aleksandr Nevolin-Svetov	Russia	59.35	WR
	5	Tucker Dupree	United States	1:01.36	AM
	3	Sergii Klippert	Ukraine	1:01.55
4	6	Maksym Veraksa	Ukraine	1:01.82
5	2	Roman Makarov	Russia	1:03.35
6	7	Albert Gelis	Spain	1:03.77
7	1	Ignacio Gonzalez	Argentina	1:04.40
8	8	Jeremy McClure	Australia	1:07.11

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. AM = Americas 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