title: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S6
text: # Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S6
  
  The women's 400m freestyle S6 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 1 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  Competed from 10:06.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Eleanor Simmonds | Great Britain | 5:24.64 | Q, PR |
  | 2 | 5 | Song Lingling | China | 5:44.68 | Q, AS |
  | 3 | 3 | Natalie Jones | Great Britain | 6:03.95 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Doramitzi Gonzalez | Mexico | 6:14.32 | Q |
  | 5 | 6 | Karina Domingo Bello | Mexico | 6:23.41 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Tanja Groepper | Germany | 6:24.56 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Lorena Homar Lopez | Spain | 7:16.32 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Victoria Arlen | United States | 5:25.19 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Mirjam de Koning-Peper | Netherlands | 5:44.63 | Q |
  | 3 | 6 | Emanuela Romano | Italy | 5:46.69 | Q |
  | 4 | 3 | Vianney Trejo Delgadillo | Mexico | 5:47.07 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Fanni Illes | Hungary | 6:21.11 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Ozlem Baykiz | Turkey | 6:46.50 | |
  | 7 | 7 | Anastasia Diodorova | Russia | 6:49.35 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  Competed at 17:56.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Eleanor Simmonds | Great Britain | 5:19.17 | WR |
  | | 5 | Victoria Arlen | United States | 5:20.18 | AM |
  | | 6 | Song Lingling | China | 5:33.73 | AS |
  | 4 | 3 | Mirjam de Koning-Peper | Netherlands | 5:38.06 | |
  | 5 | 2 | Emanuela Romano | Italy | 5:44.36 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Vianney Trejo Delgadillo | Mexico | 5:47.85 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Natalie Jones | Great Britain | 6:02.02 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Doramitzi Gonzalez | Mexico | 6:29.51 | |
  
  'Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. AM = Americas Record. AS = Asian Record.
  
  