Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics T/F51–58

Athletics
at the XIV Paralympic Games
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
: 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

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.

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
200 m	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
200 m	T53	Huang Lisha China	Angela Ballard Australia	Zhou Hongzhuan China
400 m	T53	Zhou Hongzhuan China	Angela Ballard Australia	Huang Lisha China
400 m	T54	Tatyana McFadden United States	Dong Hongjiao China	Edith Wolf Switzerland
800 m	T53	Zhou Hongzhuan China	Huang Lisha China	Jessica Galli United States
800 m	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
Shot put	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
Discus throw	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