Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metres T37


The men's 200 metres T37 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 6 and 7 September 2024.

Men's 200 metres T37
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueStade de France
Dates
  • 6 September 2024 (round 1)
  • 7 September 2024 (final)
Winning time22.69
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andrei Vdovin  Neutral Paralympic Athletes
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ricardo Gomes de Mendonça  Brazil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christian Gabriel Costa  Brazil
2020
200 metres at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Men · T35 · T37 · T51 · T64
Women · T11 · T12 · T35 · T36 · T37 · T47 · T64

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).

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]

World Record   Nick Mayhugh (USA) 21.91   Tokyo 4 September 2021
Paralympic Record   Nick Mayhugh (USA) 21.91   Tokyo 4 September 2021
Area Time Athlete Location Date
Africa   [[]]   [[]]  ()
America   [[]]   [[]]  ()
Asia   [[]]   [[]]  ()
Europe   [[]]   [[]]  ()
Oceania   [[]]   [[]]  ()

Results

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Round 1

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First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Saptoyogo Purnomo   Indonesia 23.41 Q, SB
2 9 Ali Aklnakhli   Saudi Arabia 23.43 Q, SB
3 4 Michal Kotkowski   Poland 23.51 (.502) Q
4 5 Ricardo Gomes de Mendonça   Brazil 23.51 (.509) q
5 6 Anton Feoktistov   Neutral Paralympic Athletes 23.91
6 3 Yaroslav Okapinskyi   Ukraine 24.20
7 8 Petrus Karuli   Namibia 25.24 SB
Source:[2] Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 8 Christian Gabriel Costa   Brazil 23.05 Q, SB
2 3 Bartolomeu Chaves   Brazil 23.53 Q, PB
3 5 Andrei Vdovin   Neutral Paralympic Athletes 23.54 Q
4 7 Mykola Raiskyi   Ukraine 23.69 q, PB
5 6 Sofiane Hamdi   Algeria 23.80 SB
4 Andrés Malambo   Colombia DNS
Source:[3] Wind: +0.5 m/s

Final

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
  9 Andrei Vdovin   Neutral Paralympic Athletes 22.69 SB
  3 Ricardo Gomes de Mendonça   Brazil 22.71 SB
  7 Christian Gabriel Costa   Brazil 22.74 PB
4 5 Bartolomeu Chaves   Brazil 23.22 PB
5 6 Saptoyogo Purnomo   Indonesia 23.26 PB
6 4 Michal Kotkowski   Poland 23.41
7 8 Ali Aklnakhli   Saudi Arabia 23.44
8 2 Mykola Raiskyi   Ukraine 23.91
Source:[4] Wind: +0.3 m/s

References

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  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Men's 200m – T37 – Round 1 – Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Men's 200m – T37 – Round 1 – Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Men's 200m – T37 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.