Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB5

The women's 100m breaststroke SB5 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.

Women's 100m Breaststroke SB5 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	5 September
Competitors	14 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:35.50
Medalists
Kirsten Bruhn  Germany Song Lingling  China Noga Nir-Kistler  United States

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:36.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Verena Schott	Germany	1:54.34	Q
2	2	Sabine Weber-Treiber	Austria	1:56.99	Q
3	3	Ileana Rodriguez	United States	1:58.42	Q
4	4	Victoria Arlen	United States	1:59.67
5	6	Julia Castello Farre	Spain	2:01.18
6	1	Thi Bich Nhu Trinh	Vietnam	2:11.80
7	7	Maga Hovakimyan	Armenia	2:21.88

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Kirsten Bruhn	Germany	1:35.03	Q, PR
2	5	Song Lingling	China	1:49.19	Q, AS
3	3	Noga Nir-Kistler	United States	1:53.35	Q, AM
4	2	Gitta Raczko	Hungary	1:57.39	Q
5	6	Fanni Illes	Hungary	1:58.83	Q
6	7	Valerie Drapeau	Canada	2:07.70
7	1	Thi-Lan du	Vietnam	2:12.49

Final

Competed at 18:31.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Kirsten Bruhn	Germany	1:35.50
	5	Song Lingling	China	1:47.19	AS
	3	Noga Nir-Kistler	United States	1:50.76	AM
4	2	Sabine Weber-Treiber	Austria	1:51.96
5	6	Verena Schott	Germany	1:53.09
6	7	Gitta Raczko	Hungary	1:56.61
7	1	Ileana Rodriguez	United States	1:57.94
8	8	Fanni Illes	Hungary	1:59.47

'Q = qualified for final. 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