title: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S2
text: # Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S2
  
  The men's 100 metre freestyle S2 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 3 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.
  
  Two heats were held, both with six swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
  
  ## Heats
  
  ### Heat 1
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Dmitrii Kokarev | Russia | 2:18.30 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Itzhak Mamistvalov | Israel | 2:26.55 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Jacek Czech | Poland | 2:27.14 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Denys Zhumela | Ukraine | 2:33.86 | |
  | 5 | 6 | Curtis Lovejoy | United States | 2:37.15 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Ievgen Panibratets | Ukraine | 2:38.48 | |
  
  ### Heat 2
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Yang Yang | China | 2:10.47 | Q, WR |
  | 2 | 5 | Aristeidis Makrodimitris | Greece | 2:21.99 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Iad Josef Shalabi | Israel | 2:25.55 | Q |
  | 4 | 3 | James Anderson | Great Britain | 2:27.43 | Q |
  | 5 | 6 | Francesco Bettella | Italy | 2:29.34 | Q |
  | 6 | 7 | Georgios Kapellakis | Greece | 2:46.18 | |
  
  ## Final
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Yang Yang | China | 2:03.71 | WR |
  | | 5 | Dmitrii Kokarev | Russia | 2:16.46 | |
  | | 3 | Aristeidis Makrodimitris | Greece | 2:21.04 | |
  | 4 | 7 | Jacek Czech | Poland | 2:22.84 | |
  | 5 | 6 | Iad Josef Shalabi | Israel | 2:24.73 | |
  | 6 | 2 | Itzhak Mamistvalov | Israel | 2:25.60 | |
  | 7 | 8 | Francesco Bettella | Italy | 2:31.17 | |
  | 8 | 1 | James Anderson | Great Britain | 2:31.33 | |
  