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

## 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.

