Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres

Athletics at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
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The Men's 100m athletics events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from August 31 to September 8. A total of 15 events were contested over this distance for 15 different classifications.[1]

Schedule

R Round 1 ½ Semifinals F Final
Event↓/Date → Fri 31 Sat 1 Sun 2 Mon 3 Tue 4 Wed 5 Thr 6 Fri 7 Sat 8
T11 100m R ½ F
T12 100m R ½ F
T13 100mR F
T34 100m R F
T35 100mR F
T36 100m R F
T37 100m R F
T38 100m R F
T42 100m R F
T44 100m R F
T46 100m R F
T51 100m R F
T52 100m R F
T53 100m R F
T54 100m R ½ F

Results

T11

The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Xue Lei
Guide: Wang Lin
China 11.17
2nd Lucas Prado
Guide: Dos Santos Justino Barbosa
Brazil 11.25
3rd Felipe Gomes
Guide: Leonardo Souza Lopes
Brazil 11.27
4 Jose Sayovo Armando Angola 11.36
Wind: -0.3 m/s

T12

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Fedor Trikolich Russia 10.81 PB
2nd Mateusz Michalski Poland 10.88
3rd Yansong Li China 10.91 AS
4 Maximiliano Rodríguez Spain 11.20

T13

The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.

Heats took place on 31 August 2012. Jason Smyth broke his own world record in 10.54, while Jonathan Ntutu broke the African record.

The final took place on 1 September 2012. Jason Smyth of Ireland won gold in a new world record time of 10.46. Luis Felipe Gutierrez took silver for his second medal of the Games, with the South African Ntutu just clinching bronze.

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Jason Smyth Ireland 10.46 WR
2nd Luis Felipe Gutierrez Cuba 11.02
3rd Jonathan Ntutu South Africa 11.03
4 Alexey Labzin Russia 11.03
5 Artem Loginov Russia 11.18
6 Radoslav Zlatanov Bulgaria 11.25
7 Braedon Samuel Dolfo Canada 11.27
8 André Andrade Brazil 11.28

T34

The T34 category is for wheelchair athletes with cerebral palsy. Athletes in this category have minimal limitations or control problems in their arms and trunk while pushing a wheelchair.

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Walid Ktila Tunisia 15.91 PR
2nd Rheed McCracken Australia 16.30 RR
3rd Mohamed Hammadi United Arab Emirates 16.41 RR
4 Bojan Mitic Switzerland 16.69
5 Sebastien Mobre France 16.73
6 Stefan Rusch Netherlands 16.74 PB
7 Henk Schuiling Netherlands 17.32
8 Nathan Dewitt Canada 17.36
Wind: +0.1 m/s

T35

The T35 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. The typical T35 athlete may need assistive devices for walking. The athlete may have sufficient function to run but demonstrates poor balance.

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Iurii Tsaruk Ukraine 12.62 RR
2nd Teboho Mokgalagadi South Africa 13.10
3rd Fu Xinhan China 13.12 SB
4 Hernan Barreto Argentina 13.26
5 Allel Boukhalfa Algeria 13.38
6 Niels Stein Germany 13.52
7 Jordan Howe Great Britain 13.69
8 Anton Bubnov Russia 13.89
Wind: -0.2 m/s

T36

The T36 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes do not have the capacity to remain still and they show involuntary movements with all four limbs affected. They usually walk without assistive devices.

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Evgenii Shvetcov Russia 12.08 PR
2nd Graeme Ballard Great Britain 12.24
3rd Roman Pavlyk Ukraine 12.26 =PB
4 So Wa Wai Hong Kong 12.28 SB
5 Che Mian China 12.31 =PB
6 Ben Rushgrove Great Britain 12.37
7 Xu Ran China 12.74 SB
8 Marcin Mielczarek Poland 12.80
Wind: +0.8 m/s

T37

The T37 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes have movement and coordination problems on one half of their body. They have good ability in their dominant side of their body (ie hemiplegia).

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Fanie van der Merwe South Africa 11.51 WR
2nd Liang Yongbin China 11.51 WR
3rd Roman Kapranov Russia 11.56 RR
4 Shang Guangxu China 11.63 =PB
5 Mostafa Fathalla Mohamed Egypt 11.67
6 Sofiane Hamdi Algeria 11.80
7 Gocha Khugaev Russia 11.89 PB
8 Omar Monterola Venezuela DQ
Wind: +0.4 m/s

T38

Final

The T38 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. T38 athletes have the mildest form of impairment caused by cerebral palsy, often in only one limb, and not affecting the ability to run, walk or jump freely, although impairing performance. T38 athletes may suffer minor co-ordination difficulties.

No heats were held.

The final was won in a new world record of 10.79 seconds by Evan O'Hanlon of Australia.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Evan O'Hanlon Australia 10.79 WR
2nd Dyan Buis South Africa 11.11 AF
3rd Wenjun Zhou China 11.22 AS
4 Mohamed Farhat Chida Tunisia 11.44
5 Edson Pinheiro Brazil 11.57
6 Lorenzo Albaladejo Martinez Spain 11.79
7 Mykyta Senyk Ukraine 11.83
8 Patrik Wurm Czech Republic 11.98
9 Haider Ali Pakistan 15.89

T42

The T42 category is for single above-knee amputees and athletes with other impairments that are comparable to a single above knee amputation, including athletes with loss of muscle power in the lower limbs.

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Heinrich Popow Germany 12.40 RR
2nd Scott Reardon Australia 12.43 PB
3rd Wojtek Czyz Germany 12.52 SB
4 Earle Connor Canada 12.65
5 Clavel Kayitaré France 12.73
6 Atsushi Yamamoto Japan 12.92
7 Richard Whitehead Great Britain 12.99
8 Shaquille Vance United States 13.03 SB
Wind: -0.1 m/s

T44

The T44 category is for athletes who have a single below knee amputation or who can walk with moderately reduced function in one or both legs.

Heats took place on 5 September 2012. In the final, Jonnie Peacock of the UK won the Gold with a time of 10.90 seconds, Richard Browne of the USA won the Silver with a time of 11.03 seconds and Arnu Fourie of the RSA won the Bronze with a time of 11.08.

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Jonnie Peacock Great Britain 10.90 PR
2nd Richard Browne United States 11.03 PB
3rd Arnu Fourie South Africa 11.08 RR
4 Oscar Pistorius South Africa 11.17 SB
5 Blake Leeper United States 11.21
6 Jerome Singleton United States 11.25
7 Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira Brazil 11.33 SB
8 Liu Zhiming China 11.97
Wind: nil

T46

The T46 category is for athletes who have a single above or below elbow amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.

Final

Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes
1 Zhao Xu China T45 11.05 RR
2 Raciel Gonzalez Isidoria Cuba T46 11.08
3 Ola Abidogun Great Britain T46 11.23
4 Suwaibidu Galadima Nigeria T46 11.31
5 Tomoki Tagawa Japan T46 11.32
6 Frank Johnwill Nigeria T46 11.34
7 Francis Kompaon Papua New Guinea T46 12.28
8 Yohansson Nascimento Brazil T45 30.79
Wind: +0.2 m/s

T51

The T51 category is for wheelchair athletes having spinal cord injuries, with mild weakness in shoulders, limited ability in straightening elbows and wrist function, and no finger, trunk or leg function.

There were no heats for this event. The final was competed on 3 September 2012 at 19:10.

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Toni Piispanen Finland 21.72 PR
2nd Alvise de Vidi Italy 22.60
3rd Mohamed Berrahal Algeria 22.97 RR
4 Edgar Cesareo Navarro Sanchez Mexico 23.35
5 Stephen Osborne Great Britain 23.40
6 Pieter du Preez South Africa 24.21
7 John McCarthy Ireland 25.53
8 Satoshi Inoue Japan 26.11
Wind: Nil

T52

The T52 category is for wheelchair athletes with damage to spinal cord in the higher parts of the back, substantially impaired or no trunk function, and minimal or no leg function. Pushing power comes from elbow extensions, and appears close to normal except for use of modified gloves to compensate for grip.

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Raymond Martin United States 17.02
2nd Salvador Hernandez Mondragon Mexico 17.64
3rd Paul Nitz United States 17.99
4 Beat Boesch Switzerland 18.41
5 Tomoya Ito Japan 18.74
6 Josh Roberts United States 18.86
7 Thomas Geierspichler Austria 19.01
8 Peth Rungsri Thailand 19.05
Wind: +0.1 m/s

T53

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Mickey Bushell Great Britain 14.75 PR
2nd Zhao Yufei China 15.09 PB
3rd Yu Shiran China 15.20
4 Ariosvaldo Fernandes Silva Brazil 15.31
5 Brent Lakatos Canada 15.31
6 Brian Siemann United States 15.39
7 Hamad N M E Aladwani Kuwait 15.47 PB
8 Zach Abbott United States 15.51
Wind: +0.2 m/s

T54

The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Leo-Pekka Tähti Finland 13.79
2nd Liu Yang China 13.92
3rd Saichon Konjen Thailand 14.10 =PB
4 Cui Yanfeng China 14.11
5 Marc Schuh Germany 14.61
6 Curtis Thom Canada 14.74
7 Supachai Koysub Thailand 14.74
8 Kenny van Weeghel Netherlands 14.87
Wind: -0.1 m/s

References

  1. "Athletics - Schedule & Results". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
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