The Men's 100m
athletics
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events for the
2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...
took place at the
London Olympic Stadium
London Stadium (formerly and also known as Olympic Stadium and the Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park) is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Stratford, London, Stratford district of London. It is located ...
from August 31 to September 8. A total of 15 events were contested over this distance for 15 different
classifications.
Schedule
Results
T11
Final
T12
Final
T13
Heats took place on 31 August 2012.
Jason Smyth
Jason Smyth (born 4 July 1987) is a Northern Irish sprint runner. He competes in the T13 disability sport classification as he is legally blind, with his central vision being affected by Stargardt's disease; he also competes in elite non-Pa ...
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
Jason Smyth (born 4 July 1987) is a Northern Irish sprint runner. He competes in the T13 disability sport classification as he is legally blind, with his central vision being affected by Stargardt's disease; he also competes in elite non-Pa ...
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
T34
Final
T35
Final
T36
Final
T37
Final
T38
Final
No heats were held.
The final was won in a new world record of 10.79 seconds by
Evan O'Hanlon
Evan George O'Hanlon, (born 4 May 1988) is an Australian Paralympic athlete, who competes mainly in category T38 sprint events. He has won five gold medals at two Paralympic Games – 2008 Beijing and 2012 London. He also represented Austral ...
of Australia.
T42
Final
T44
Heats took place on 5 September 2012. In the final,
Jonnie Peacock
Jonathan Peacock MBE (born 28 May 1993) is an English sprint runner... An amputee, Peacock won gold at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics, representing Great Britain in the T44 men's 100 metres event. He won a Bronze m ...
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
T46
Final
T51
There were no heats for this event. The final was competed on 3 September 2012 at 19:10.
Final
T52
Final
T53
Final
T54
Final
References
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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
2012
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2012 in men's athletics