Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metres T12

Women's 200 metres T12 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	6 September
Competitors	12 from 11 nations
Winning time	24.46
Medalists
Assia El Hannouni Gautier Simounet  France Zhou Guohua Li Jie  China Zhu Daqing Zhang Hui  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/F11–13
Track
100 m		T11		T12		T13
200 m		T11		T12		T13
400 m		T11		T12		T13
800 m				T12		T13
1500 m		T11				T13
5000 m		T11		T12
4×100 m relay		T11–13
Road
Marathon				T12
Field
Long jump		F11				F13
Triple jump		F11		F12
Shot put		F11–12
Discus throw		F11
Javelin throw				F12–13
Women T/F11–13
Track
100 m		T11		T12		T13
200 m		T11		T12
400 m				T12		T13
1500 m				T12
Field
Long jump		F11–12				F13
Shot put		F11–12
Discus throw		F11–12
Javelin throw				F12–13

The Women's 200 metres T12 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 6 September. The event consisted of 3 heats and a final.

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.

Records

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

World & Paralympic record	Assia El Hannouni (FRA)	24.84	16 September 2008	Beijing, China
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Paralympics
World record	Assia El Hannouni (FRA)	24.80	6 September 2012
World record	Assia El Hannouni (FRA)	24.46	6 September 2012

Results

Round 1

Competed 6 September 2012 from 12:55. Qual. rule: winner of each heat (Q) plus best second place (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Assia El Hannouni Guide: Gautier Simounet	France	24.80	Q, WR
2	Zhou Guohua Guide: Li Jie	China	24.89	q, RR
3	Volha Zinkevich	Belarus	26.97	PB
4	Daniela E. Velasco Maldonado Guide: Jose Guadalupe Fuentes Ortiz	Mexico	26.97
			Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Oxana Boturchuk	Ukraine	25.20	Q, PB
2	Alice de Oliveira Correa Guide: Diogo Cardoso da Silva	Brazil	25.92	PB
3	Hanka Kolníková Guide: Jan Surgac	Slovakia	26.32
4	Maria Muchavo	Mozambique	28.28	PB
			Wind: +0.9 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zhu Daqing Guide: Zhang Hui	China	24.80	Q, =WR
2	Libby Clegg Guide: Mikail Huggins	Great Britain	25.10	PB
3	Elisabetta Stefanini Guide: Massimo di Marcello	Italy	27.14
4	Hanah Ngendo Mwangi	Kenya	DQ
			Wind: -0.6 m/s

Final

Competed 6 September 2012 at 19:16.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Assia El Hannouni Guide: Gautier Simounet	France	24.46	WR
	Zhou Guohua Guide: Li Jie	China	24.66	RR
	Zhu Daqing Guide: Zhang Hui	China	24.88
4	Oxana Boturchuk	Ukraine	24.92	PB
			Wind: +0.3 m/s

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