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

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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

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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 100m R ½ F
T12 100m R ½ F
T13 100m R F
T34 100m R F
T35 100m R 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

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T11

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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 Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Xue Lei
Guide: Wang Lin
 China 11.17
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lucas Prado
Guide: Dos Santos Justino Barbosa
 Brazil 11.25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Felipe Gomes
Guide: Leonardo Souza Lopes
 Brazil 11.27
4 José Sayovo Armando  Angola 11.36
Wind: -0.3 m/s

T12

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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 place, gold medalist(s) Fedor Trikolich  Russia 10.81 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mateusz Michalski  Poland 10.88
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yansong Li  China 10.91 AS
4 Maximiliano Rodríguez  Spain 11.20

T13

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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 place, gold medalist(s) Jason Smyth  Ireland 10.46 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Luis Felipe Gutierrez  Cuba 11.02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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 place, gold medalist(s) Walid Ktila  Tunisia 15.91 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rheed McCracken  Australia 16.30 RR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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 place, gold medalist(s) Iurii Tsaruk  Ukraine 12.62 RR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Teboho Mokgalagadi  South Africa 13.10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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 place, gold medalist(s) Evgenii Shvetcov  Russia 12.08 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Graeme Ballard  Great Britain 12.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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 place, gold medalist(s) Fanie van der Merwe  South Africa 11.51 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liang Yongbin  China 11.51 WR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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 place, gold medalist(s) Evan O'Hanlon  Australia 10.79 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dyan Buis  South Africa 11.11 AF
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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 place, gold medalist(s) Heinrich Popow  Germany 12.40 RR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Scott Reardon  Australia 12.43 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wojtek Czyz  Germany 12.52 SB
4 Clavel Kayitaré  France 12.73
5 Atsushi Yamamoto  Japan 12.92
6 Richard Whitehead  Great Britain 12.99
7 Shaquille Vance  United States 13.03 SB
DQ Earle Connor  Canada DQ Admitted to drug use[2]
Wind: -0.1 m/s

T44

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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 place, gold medalist(s) Jonnie Peacock  Great Britain 10.90 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Richard Browne  United States 11.03 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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

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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 place, gold medalist(s) Toni Piispanen  Finland 21.72 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alvise de Vidi  Italy 22.60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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 place, gold medalist(s) Raymond Martin  United States 17.02
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Salvador Hernandez Mondragon  Mexico 17.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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 place, gold medalist(s) Mickey Bushell  Great Britain 14.75 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhao Yufei  China 15.09 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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 place, gold medalist(s) Leo-Pekka Tähti  Finland 13.79
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liu Yang  China 13.92
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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.
  2. ^ "Athletics Canada and IPC announce Earl Connor sanctions | Athletics Canada". 2016-07-20. Retrieved 2016-07-20.