Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T54

Men's 100 metres T54 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	1 and 2 September
Competitors	22 from 15 nations
Medalists
Leo Pekka Tahti   Finland   Liu Yang   China   Saichon Konjen   Thailand

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Classification
T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired
T/F20: Intellectual disability
T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy
F40: Les Autres
T/F42–46: Amputees
T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability
Men T/F51–58
Track
100 m		T51		T52		T53		T54
200 m				T52		T53
400 m				T52		T53		T54
800 m				T52		T53		T54
1500 m								T54
5000 m								T54
4×400 m relay						T53-54
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Javelin throw			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Women T/F51–58
Track
100 m				T52		T53		T54
200 m				T52		T53
400 m						T53		T54
800 m						T53		T54
1500 m								T54
5000 m								T54
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put							F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3
			F57-8
Javelin throw		F33-34/52-53					F54-6
			F57-8

The Men's 100 metres T54 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 1 and 2 September.^[1]

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.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows.^[2]

World & Paralympic record	Leo-Pekka Tahti (FIN)	13.76	Beijing, China	15 September 2008
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Paralympics
World record	Leo Pekka Tahti (FIN)	13.63	London, United Kingdom	1 September 2012

Results

Round 1

Competed 1 September 2012 from 12:25. Qual. rule: first 2 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Liu Yang	China	13.91	Q, RR
2	Saichon Konjen	Thailand	14.16	Q, SB
3	Kenny van Weeghel	Netherlands	14.21	q, SB
4	Niklas Almers	Sweden	14.89
5	Pedro Gandarilla Fernandez	Mexico	14.93
6	Esa-Pekka Mattila	Finland	14.99	SB
7	Nkegbe Botsyo	Ghana	15.52
			Wind: +0.7 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Leo Pekka Tahti	Finland	13.63	Q, WR
2	Supachai Koysub	Thailand	14.43	Q, SB
3	Curtis Thom	Canada	14.47	q, RR
4	Ahmed Aouadi	Tunisia	14.51	SB
5	Mohammad Vahdani	United Arab Emirates	14.52
6	Richard Nicholson	Australia	15.23
7	Luis Hector Morales Garcia	El Salvador	17.62	SB
			Wind: +1.0 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Cui Yanfeng	China	14.00	Q, PB
2	Marc Schuh	Germany	14.18	Q, SB
3	Sukhum Namlun	Thailand	14.49	PB
4	Matthew Cameron	Australia	14.51
5	Juan Pablo Cervantes Garcia	Mexico	15.10
6	Colin Mathieson	Canada	15.25
7	Demba Jarju	The Gambia	18.84	SB
8	Thierry Mabicka	Gabon	21.42	SB
			Wind: +1.3 m/s

Final

Competed 2 September 2012 at 20:35.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Leo Pekka Tahti	Finland	13.79
	Liu Yang	China	13.92
	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

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. WR = World Record. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.

References

1. "Athletics - Schedule & Results". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
2. "Record holder Leo Pekka Tahti to reach the top". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.