Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S6
# Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S6

The women's 400m freestyle S6 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 1 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

## Results

### Heats

Competed from 10:06.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Eleanor Simmonds | Great Britain | 5:24.64 | Q, PR |
| 2 | 5 | Song Lingling | China | 5:44.68 | Q, AS |
| 3 | 3 | Natalie Jones | Great Britain | 6:03.95 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Doramitzi Gonzalez | Mexico | 6:14.32 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Karina Domingo Bello | Mexico | 6:23.41 | |
| 6 | 7 | Tanja Groepper | Germany | 6:24.56 | |
| 7 | 1 | Lorena Homar Lopez | Spain | 7:16.32 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Victoria Arlen | United States | 5:25.19 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Mirjam de Koning-Peper | Netherlands | 5:44.63 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Emanuela Romano | Italy | 5:46.69 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Vianney Trejo Delgadillo | Mexico | 5:47.07 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Fanni Illes | Hungary | 6:21.11 | |
| 6 | 1 | Ozlem Baykiz | Turkey | 6:46.50 | |
| 7 | 7 | Anastasia Diodorova | Russia | 6:49.35 | |

### Final

Competed at 17:56.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Eleanor Simmonds | Great Britain | 5:19.17 | WR |
| | 5 | Victoria Arlen | United States | 5:20.18 | AM |
| | 6 | Song Lingling | China | 5:33.73 | AS |
| 4 | 3 | Mirjam de Koning-Peper | Netherlands | 5:38.06 | |
| 5 | 2 | Emanuela Romano | Italy | 5:44.36 | |
| 6 | 7 | Vianney Trejo Delgadillo | Mexico | 5:47.85 | |
| 7 | 1 | Natalie Jones | Great Britain | 6:02.02 | |
| 8 | 8 | Doramitzi Gonzalez | Mexico | 6:29.51 | |

'Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. AM = Americas Record. AS = Asian Record.

