Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre butterfly S5

The women's 50m butterfly S5 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 7 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Women's 50m Butterfly S5 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	7 September
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning time	41.76
Medalists
Sarah Louise Rung  Norway Teresa Perales  Spain Joana Maria Silva  Brazil

Results

Heats

Competed from 11:07.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Teresa Perales	Spain	43.22	Q
2	5	Joana Maria Silva	Brazil	48.37	Q, AM
3	3	Wu Qi	China	48.84	Q
4	2	Reka Kezdi	Hungary	50.49	Q
5	6	Diana Zambo	Hungary	51.19	Q
6	7	Natalia Gavrilyuk	Russia	58.74

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Sarah Louise Rung	Norway	42.60	Q
2	5	Natalia Shavel	Belarus	47.01	Q
3	3	Katalin Engelhardt	Hungary	50.79	Q
4	2	Jaide Childs	United States	51.57
5	6	Simone Fragoso	Portugal	58.14
	7	Stefania Chiarioni	Italy	DSQ

Final

Competed at 19:28.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Sarah Louise Rung	Norway	41.76
	5	Teresa Perales	Spain	42.67
	6	Joana Maria Silva	Brazil	46.62	AM
4	3	Natalia Shavel	Belarus	46.64
5	2	Wu Qi	China	47.51	AS
6	1	Katalin Engelhardt	Hungary	47.71
7	7	Reka Kezdi	Hungary	48.92
8	8	Diana Zambo	Hungary	52.59

'Q = qualified for final. AM = Americas Record. AS = Asian Record. DSQ = Disqualified.

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine