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

## 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.

