Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S9

Women's 400m Freestyle S9 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	4 September
Competitors	11 from 8 nations
Winning time	4:30.18
Medalists
Natalie du Toit   South Africa   Stephanie Millward   Great Britain   Ellie Cole   Australia

Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle			S3		S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle			S3		S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle					S5
				S14
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12
50 m backstroke		S2		S4
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12		S14
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13	SB14
50 m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
		S12
200 m ind. medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The women's 400m freestyle S9 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 10:19.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Stephanie Millward	Great Britain	4:46.00	Q
2	6	Amy Marren	Great Britain	4:53.04	Q
3	3	Elizabeth Stone	United States	4:53.05	Q
4	5	Cai Yuqingyan	China	5:03.12
5	2	Katarina Roxon	Canada	5:17.03

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	4:32.59	Q
2	5	Ellie Cole	Australia	4:53.01	Q
3	6	Christiane Reppe	Germany	4:55.44	Q
4	2	Lauren Steadman	Great Britain	4:56.23	Q
5	3	Emily Gray	South Africa	5:00.44	Q
6	7	Shanntol Ince	Trinidad and Tobago	5:27.88

Final

Competed at 18:10.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	4	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	4:30.18
02 !	5	Stephanie Millward	Great Britain	4:40.01	EU
03 !	3	Ellie Cole	Australia	4:42.87	OC
4	6	Amy Marren	Great Britain	4:50.79
5	7	Christiane Reppe	Germany	4:53.93
6	1	Lauren Steadman	Great Britain	4:55.17
7	8	Emily Gray	South Africa	4:59.77
8	2	Elizabeth Stone	United States	5:02.76

'Q = qualified for final. EU = European Record. OC = Oceania Record.

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final