Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metres

The Men's 200m athletics events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from August 31 to September 8. A total of 13 events were contested over this distance for 13 different classifications.[1]

Schedule

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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 200m R ½ F
T12 200m R ½ F
T13 200m R ½ F
T34 200m R F
T35 200m R F
T36 200m R F
T37 200m R F
T38 200m R F
T42 200m R F
T44 200m R F
T46 200m R ½ F
T52 200m R F
T53 200m R F

Results

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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 Athlete Country Time Notes
  Felipe Gomes
Guide: Leonardo Souza Lopes
  Brazil 22.97 =PB
  Daniel Silva
Guide: Heitor de Oliveira Sales
  Brazil 22.99
  José Sayovo Armando
Guide: Nicolau Palanca
  Angola 23.10
4 Lucas Prado
Guide: Justino Barbosa dos Santos
  Brazil 23.15
Wind: -0.3 m/s

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 Athlete Country Time Notes
  Mateusz Michalski   Poland 21.56 WR
  Fedor Trikolich   Russia 21.81 PB
  Li Yansong   China 22.04 RR
4 Hilton Langenhoven   South Africa 22.29
Wind: +1.0 m/s

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.

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Jason Smyth   Ireland 21.05 WR
  Alexey Labzin   Russia 21.95 PB
  Artem Loginov   Russia 22.03 PB
4 Alexander Zverev   Russia 22.07 PB
5 Luis Felipe Gutierrez   Cuba 22.24 SB
6 Jonathan Ntutu   South Africa 22.37 RR
7 Ayoub Chaoui   Morocco 22.72
8 Ioannis Protos   Greece 22.97
Wind: -0.3 m/s

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 Class Time Notes
  Walid Ktila   Tunisia T34 27.98 WR
  Mohamed Hammadi   United Arab Emirates T34 28.95 SB
  Rheed McCracken   Australia T34 29.08
4 Bojan Mitic   Switzerland T34 30.35
5 Austin Pruitt   United States T34 30.55
6 Stefan Rusch   Netherlands T34 30.63
7 Sebastien Mobre   France T34 30.67
8 Jamie Carter   Great Britain T34 30.94
Wind: -0.4 m/s

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
  Iurii Tsaruk   Ukraine 25.86 WR
  Fu Xinhan   China 26.21 RR
  Hernan Barreto   Argentina 26.59 RR
4 Allel Boukhalfa   Algeria 26.70 RR
5 Teboho Mokgalagadi   South Africa 27.02 PB
6 Ivan Otleykin   Russia 27.82 PB
7 Niels Stein   Germany 27.89 PB
8 Anton Bubnov   Russia 28.21 PB
Wind: -0.2 m/s

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.

There were no heats in this event. The final was competed on 6 September 2012 at 19:08.

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Roman Pavlyk   Ukraine 24.70 RR
  So Wa Wai   Hong Kong 24.77 PB
  Ben Rushgrove   Great Britain 24.83 PB
4 Graeme Ballard   Great Britain 25.20
5 Che Mian   China 25.25 PB
6 Marcin Mielczarek   Poland 26.05 SB
7 Andrey Zhirnov   Russia 26.27
8 Chris Clemens   United States 26.68 PB
9 Gabriel De Jesus Cuadra Holman   Nicaragua 33.11 SB
Wind: Nil

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 (i.e. hemiplegia).

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Roman Kapranov   Russia 23.10 =WR
  Shang Guangxu   China 23.15 RR
  Omar Monterola   Venezuela 23.34 RR
4 Liang Yongbin   China 23.40 PB
5 Sofiane Hamdi   Algeria 23.67
6 Fanie van der Merwe   South Africa 23.79
7 Gocha Khugaev   Russia 24.13
8 Rhys Jones   Great Britain 24.68
Wind: +0.2 m/s

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.

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Evan O'Hanlon   Australia 21.82 WR
  Dyan Buis   South Africa 22.51 RR
  Zhou Wenjun   China 22.65 RR
4 Mohamed Farhat Chida   Tunisia 22.81 PB
5 Tim Sullivan   Australia 23.57
6 Union Sekailwe   South Africa 23.66 PB
7 Lorenzo Albaladejo Martinez   Spain 23.76
Edson Pinheiro   Brazil DNS
Wind: -0.2 m/s

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.

There were no heats in this event. The final was competed on 1 September 2012 at 11:23.

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Richard Whitehead   Great Britain 24.38 WR
  Shaquille Vance   United States 25.55 RR
  Heinrich Popow   Germany 25.90 PB
4 Scott Reardon   Australia 26.03 PB
5 Wojtek Czyz   Germany 26.07 PB
6 Clavel Kayitaré   France 26.22 PB
7 Daniel Jorgensen   Denmark 26.46 PB
8 Atsushi Yamamoto   Japan 26.76 RR
9 Garcia-Tolson Rudy   United States 26.97 PB
Wind: +0.3 m/s

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.

Final

Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes
  Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira   Brazil T43 21.45 RR
  Oscar Pistorius   South Africa T43 21.52
  Blake Leeper   United States T43 22.46
4 Arnu Fourie   South Africa T44 22.49 WR(T44)
5 Jerome Singleton   United States T44 23.58
6 Christoph Bausch   Switzerland T44 23.70 PB
7 David Behre   Germany T43 23.71
8 Jim Bob Bizzell   United States T44 28.19
Wind: -0.1 m/s

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
  Yohansson Nascimento   Brazil T45 22.05 WR
  Raciel Gonzalez Isidoria   Cuba T46 22.15
  Simon Patmore   Australia T46 22.36
4 Antonis Aresti   Cyprus T46 22.40 RR
5 Yao Jianjun   China T46 22.81 SB
6 Yury Nosulenko   Russia T46 22.88
7 Saidi Adedeji   Nigeria T46 23.02 SB
Zhao Xu   China T45 DQ
Wind: +0.1 m/s

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
  Raymond Martin   United States 30.25 PR
  Tomoya Ito   Japan 31.60
  Salvador Hernandez Mondragon   Mexico 31.81
4 Beat Boesch   Switzerland 32.75
5 Leonardo De Jesus Perez Juarez   Mexico 33.16
6 Paul Nitz   United States 33.31
7 Peth Rungsri   Thailand 33.60
8 Josh Roberts   United States 34.44
Wind: Nil

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
  Li Huzhao   China 25.61 PR
  Brent Lakatos   Canada 25.85 PB
  Zhao Yufei   China 26.00 PB
4 Mickey Bushell   Great Britain 26.32 RR
5 Yu Shiran   China 26.46
6 Hamad N M E Aladwani   Kuwait 26.50 PB
7 Richard Colman   Australia 26.67 RR
8 Ariosvaldo Fernandes Silva   Brazil 26.83
Wind: +0.2 m/s

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics - Schedule & Results". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.