Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metres T38

Men's 200 metres T38 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	7 and 8 September
Competitors	12 from 7 nations
Winning time	21.82
Medalists
Evan O'Hanlon  Australia Dyan Buis  South Africa Zhou Wenjun  China

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/F31–38
Track
100 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
200 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
400 m		T36		T38
800 m		T36		T37
1500 m		T37
Field
Long jump		F36			F37-38
Shot put		F32-33				F34
		F37-38
Club throw		F31-32/51
Discus throw		F32-34			F35-36
		F37-38
Javelin throw		F33-34
Women T/F31–38
Track
100 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
200 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
400 m		T37
4×100 m relay		T35-38
Field
Long jump		F37-38
Shot put		F32-34			F35-36
		F37
Club throw		F31-32/51
Discus throw		F35-36				F37
Javelin throw		F33-34/52-53				F37-38

The Men's 200 metres T38 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 7 and 8 September.

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.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:

World & Paralympic record	Evan O'Hanlon (AUS)	21.98	14 September 2008	Beijing, China
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Paralympics
World record	Evan O'Hanlon (AUS)	21.82	8 September 2012

Results

Round 1

Competed 7 September 2012 from 10:36. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Evan O'Hanlon	Australia	23.10	Q
2	Edson Pinheiro	Brazil	23.87	Q, SB
3	Union Sekailwe	South Africa	24.01	Q, PB
4	Abbes Saidi	Tunisia	24.07	PB
5	Andriy Onufriyenko	Ukraine	24.17	SB
			Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Dyan Buis	South Africa	22.57	Q, RR
2	Zhou Wenjun	China	23.03	Q, RR
3	Mohamed Farhat Chida	Tunisia	23.32	Q, SB
4	Tim Sullivan	Australia	23.48	q, SB
5	Lorenzo Albaladejo Martinez	Spain	23.61	q, PB
6	Mykyta Senyk	Ukraine	24.22
			Wind: +0.2 m/s

Final

Competed 8 September 2012 at 11:25.

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

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. WR = World Record. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. DNS = Did not start.