Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics T/F51–58

Athletics events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics were held in the Olympic Stadium and in The Mall in London, United Kingdom, from 31 August to 9 September 2012.[1] 43 events were staged for athletes with spinal cord disabilities, and 3 staged jointly with cerebral palsy classes.

Athletics at the XIV Paralympic Games
Paralympic Athletics
Venue	Olympic Stadium The Mall
Dates	31 August – 9 September 2012
Competitors	1100 (740 men, 360 women)

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/F51–58
Track
100 m		T51		T52		T53		T54
200 m				T52		T53
400 m				T52		T53		T54
800 m				T52		T53		T54
1500 m								T54
5000 m								T54
4×400 m relay						T53-54
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Javelin throw			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Women T/F51–58
Track
100 m				T52		T53		T54
200 m				T52		T53
400 m						T53		T54
800 m						T53		T54
1500 m								T54
5000 m								T54
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put							F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3
			F57-8
Javelin throw		F33-34/52-53					F54-6
			F57-8

Classification

Athletes were given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allowed athletes to compete against others with a similar level of function.

The athletics classifications are:

• 11–13: Blind (11) and visually impaired (12, 13) athletes
• 20: Athletes with an intellectual disability
• 31–38: Athletes with cerebral palsy
• 40: Les Autres (others) (including people with dwarfism)
• 42–46: Amputees
• 51–58: Athletes with a spinal cord disability

The class numbers were given prefixes of "T" and "F" for track and field events, respectively.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Classification	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m	T51	Toni Piispanen  Finland	Alvise de Vidi  Italy	Mohamed Berrahal  Algeria
	T52	Raymond Martin  United States	Salvador Hernandez Mondragon  Mexico	Paul Nitz  United States
	T53	Mickey Bushell  Great Britain	Zhao Yufei  China	Yu Shiran  China
	T54	Leo Pekka Tahti  Finland	Liu Yang  China	Saichon Konjen  Thailand
200 m	T52	Raymond Martin  United States	Tomoya Ito  Japan	Salvador Hernandez Mondragon  Mexico
	T53	Li Huzhao  China	Brent Lakatos  Canada	Zhao Yufei  China
400 m	T52	Raymond Martin  United States	Tomoya Ito  Japan	Thomas Geierspichler  Austria
	T53	Li Huzhao  China	Brent Lakatos  Canada	Richard Colman  Australia
	T54	Zhang Lixin  China	Kenny van Weeghel  Netherlands	Liu Chengming  China
800 m	T52	Raymond Martin  United States	Tomoya Ito  Japan	Leonardo De Jesus Perez Juarez  Mexico
	T53	Richard Colman  Australia	Brent Lakatos  Canada	Joshua George  United States
	T54	David Weir  Great Britain	Marcel Hug  Switzerland	Saichon Konjen  Thailand
1500 m	T54	David Weir  Great Britain	Prawat Wahoram  Thailand	Kim Gyu Dae  South Korea
5000 m	T54	David Weir  Great Britain	Kurt Fearnley  Australia	Julien Casoli  France
Marathon	T54	David Weir  Great Britain	Marcel Hug  Switzerland	Kurt Fearnley  Australia
4×400 m relay	T53/T54	China (CHN) Liu Yang Liu Chengming Li Huzhao Zhang Lixin	Thailand (THA) Supachai Koysub Saichon Konjen Sopa Intasen Prawat Wahoram	Australia (AUS) Richard Nicholson Natheniel Arkley Matthew Cameron Richard Colman
Shot put	F52/53	Aigars Apinis  Latvia	Mauro Maximo de Jesus  Mexico	Scot Severn  United States
	F54/55/56	Jalil Bagheri Jeddi  Iran	Karol Kozun  Poland	Robin Womack  Great Britain
	F57/58	Alexey Ashapatov  Russia	Janusz Rokicki  Poland	Michael Louwrens  South Africa
Club throw	F31/32/51	Zeljko Dimitrijevic  Serbia	Radim Beles  Czech Republic	Lahouari Bahlaz (*)  Algeria
Discus throw	F51/52/53	Mohamed Berrahal  Algeria	Aigars Apinis  Latvia	Mohamed Zemzemi  Tunisia
	F54/55/56	Leonardo Diaz  Cuba	Draženko Mitrović  Serbia	Ali Mohammad Yari  Iran
	F57/58	Alexey Ashapatov  Russia	Rostislav Pohlmann  Czech Republic	Metawa Abouelkhir  Egypt
Javelin throw	F52/53	Alphanso Cunningham  Jamaica	Abdolreza Jokar  Iran	Mauro Maximo de Jesus  Mexico
	F54/55/56	Luis Alberto Zepeda Felix  Mexico	Alexey Kuznetsov  Russia	Manolis Stefanoudakis  Greece
	F57/58	Mohammad Khalvandi  Iran	Claudiney Batista dos Santos  Brazil	Raed Salem  Egypt

(*) class F32 athlete

Women's events

Event	Classification	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m	T52	Marieke Vervoort  Belgium	Michelle Stilwell  Canada	Kerry Morgan  United States
	T53	Huang Lisha  China	Zhou Hongzhuan  China	Angela Ballard  Australia
	T54	Liu Wenjun  China	Dong Hongjiao  China	Tatyana McFadden  United States
200 m	T52	Michelle Stilwell  Canada	Marieke Vervoort  Belgium	Kerry Morgan  United States
	T53	Huang Lisha  China	Angela Ballard  Australia	Zhou Hongzhuan  China
400 m	T53	Zhou Hongzhuan  China	Angela Ballard  Australia	Huang Lisha  China
	T54	Tatyana McFadden  United States	Dong Hongjiao  China	Edith Wolf  Switzerland
800 m	T53	Zhou Hongzhuan  China	Huang Lisha  China	Jessica Galli  United States
	T54	Tatyana McFadden  United States	Edith Wolf  Switzerland	Zou Lihong  China
1500 m	T54	Tatyana McFadden  United States	Edith Wolf  Switzerland	Shirley Reilly  United States
5000 m	T54	Edith Wolf  Switzerland	Shirley Reilly  United States	Christie Dawes  Australia
Marathon	T54	Shirley Reilly  United States	Shelly Woods  Great Britain	Sandra Graf  Switzerland
Shot put	F54/55/56	Yang Liwan  China	Marianne Buggenhagen  Germany	Angela Madsen  United States
	F57/58	Angeles Ortiz Hernandez  Mexico	Stela Eneva  Bulgaria	Eucharia Iyiazi  Nigeria
Club throw	F31/32/51	All medals were won by class F32 athletes
Discus throw	F51/52/53	Josie Pearson  Great Britain	O Neill Catherine  Ireland	Zena Cole  United States
	F57/58	Nassima Saifi  Algeria	Stela Eneva  Bulgaria	Orla Barry  Ireland
Javelin	F33/34/52/53	All medals were won by class F34 athletes
	F54/55/56	Yang Liwan  China	Hania Aidi  Tunisia	Martina Willing  Germany
	F57/58	Liu Ming  China	Safia Djelal  Algeria	Larisa Volik  Russia

See also

• Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Paralympic Athletics". London 2012 website. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

External links

• International Paralympic Committee - Athletics classification regulations