title: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S12
text: # Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S12
  
  The men's 100m freestyle S12 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 4 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  Competed from 11:17.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Aleksandr Nevolin-Svetov | Russia | 52.65 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Sergey Punko | Russia | 55.99 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | James Clegg | Great Britain | 56.05 | Q |
  | 4 | 3 | Sergii Klippert | Ukraine | 56.10 | Q |
  | 5 | 6 | Fabrizio Sottile | Italy | 56.11 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Jose Ramon Cantero Elvira | Spain | 1:00.30 | |
  | 7 | 7 | Oleg Tkalienko | Ukraine | 1:01.24 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Maksym Veraksa | Ukraine | 52.63 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Tucker Dupree | United States | 55.10 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Omar Font | Spain | 55.28 | Q |
  | 4 | 6 | Roman Makarov | Russia | 55.33 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Daniel Simon | Germany | 56.59 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Daniel Giraldo Correa | Colombia | 56.78 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Pedro Enrique Gonzalez Valdiviezo | Venezuela | 1:00.25 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Peter Tichy | Austria | 1:04.83 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  Competed at 19:35.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Maksym Veraksa | Ukraine | 51.40 | PR |
  | | 5 | Aleksandr Nevolin-Svetov | Russia | 51.70 | |
  | | 3 | Tucker Dupree | United States | 54.41 | AM |
  | 4 | 6 | Omar Font | Spain | 54.70 | |
  | 5 | 2 | Roman Makarov | Russia | 55.34 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Sergey Punko | Russia | 55.44 | |
  | 7 | 8 | Sergii Klippert | Ukraine | 55.50 | |
  | 8 | 1 | James Clegg | Great Britain | 55.94 | |
  
  Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record. AM = Americas Record.
  
  