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