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

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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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
  Xue Lei
Guide: Wang Lin
  China 11.17
  Lucas Prado
Guide: Dos Santos Justino Barbosa
  Brazil 11.25
  Felipe Gomes
Guide: Leonardo Souza Lopes
  Brazil 11.27
4 José Sayovo Armando   Angola 11.36
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 Name Nationality Time Notes
  Fedor Trikolich   Russia 10.81 PB
  Mateusz Michalski   Poland 10.88
  Yansong Li   China 10.91 AS
4 Maximiliano Rodríguez   Spain 11.20

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
  Jason Smyth   Ireland 10.46 WR
  Luis Felipe Gutierrez   Cuba 11.02
  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

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
  Walid Ktila   Tunisia 15.91 PR
  Rheed McCracken   Australia 16.30 RR
  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

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 12.62 RR
  Teboho Mokgalagadi   South Africa 13.10
  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

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
  Evgenii Shvetcov   Russia 12.08 PR
  Graeme Ballard   Great Britain 12.24
  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

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
  Fanie van der Merwe   South Africa 11.51 WR
  Liang Yongbin   China 11.51 WR
  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

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
  Evan O'Hanlon   Australia 10.79 WR
  Dyan Buis   South Africa 11.11 AF
  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

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
  Heinrich Popow   Germany 12.40 RR
  Scott Reardon   Australia 12.43 PB
  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

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
  Jonnie Peacock   Great Britain 10.90 PR
  Richard Browne   United States 11.03 PB
  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

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

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
  Toni Piispanen   Finland 21.72 PR
  Alvise de Vidi   Italy 22.60
  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

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 17.02
  Salvador Hernandez Mondragon   Mexico 17.64
  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

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
  Mickey Bushell   Great Britain 14.75 PR
  Zhao Yufei   China 15.09 PB
  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

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
  Leo-Pekka Tähti   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

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.