title: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S6
text: # Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S6
  
  The men's 100m freestyle S6 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  Competed from 09:49.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 5 | Lorenzo Perez Escalona | Cuba | 1:10.64 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | Matthew Haanappel | Australia | 1:10.95 | Q, OC |
  | 3 | 6 | Matthew Whorwood | Great Britain | 1:11.47 | Q |
  | 4 | 4 | Xu Qing | China | 1:12.29 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Nelson Crispin | Colombia | 1:13.68 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Swen Michaelis | Germany | 1:14.44 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Daniel Londono | Colombia | 1:14.55 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Yoav Valinsky | Israel | 1:14.65 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Sebastian Iwanow | Germany | 1:09.80 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Darragh McDonald | Ireland | 1:10.59 | Q |
  | 3 | 6 | Adriano de Lima | Brazil | 1:10.96 | Q |
  | 4 | 5 | Anders Olsson | Sweden | 1:11.04 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | Tang Yuan | China | 1:12.76 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Aaron Rhind | Australia | 1:14.48 | |
  | 7 | 8 | Reagan Wickens | Australia | 1:17.15 | |
  | 8 | 7 | Kyosuke Oyama | Japan | 1:19.16 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  Competed at 17:44.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 8 | Xu Qing | China | 1:05.82 | PR |
  | | 4 | Sebastian Iwanow | Germany | 1:07.34 | |
  | | 3 | Lorenzo Perez Escalona | Cuba | 1:08.01 | AM |
  | 4 | 5 | Darragh McDonald | Ireland | 1:08.92 | |
  | 5 | 6 | Matthew Haanappel | Australia | 1:09.88 | OC |
  | 6 | 7 | Anders Olsson | Sweden | 1:10.12 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Matthew Whorwood | Great Britain | 1:11.21 | |
  | 8 | 2 | Adriano de Lima | Brazil | 1:11.32 | |
  
  Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record. AM = Americas Record. OC = Oceania Record.
  
  