Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T42

Men's 100 metres T42 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 7, 2012
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Medalists
Heinrich Popow  Germany Scott Reardon  Australia Wojtek Czyz  Germany

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/F42–46
Track
100 m		T42		T44		T46
200 m		T42		T44		T46
400 m				T44		T46
800 m						T46
1500 m						T46
4×100 m relay			T42-46
Road
Marathon						T46
Field
Long jump			F42-44			F46
Triple jump						F46
High jump		F42				F46
Shot put			F42-44			F46
Discus throw		F42		F44
Javelin throw		F42		F44
Women T/F42–46
Track
100 m		T42		T44		T46
200 m				T44		T46
400 m						T46
Field
Long jump			F42-44			F46
Shot put			F42-44
Javelin throw						F46

The Men's 100 metres T42 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 7 September.^[1]

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.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows.

World record	Earle Connor (CAN)	12.14	Leverkusen, Germany	1 June 2002
Paralympic record		12.32	Beijing, China	14 September 2008

Results

Round 1

Competed 7 September 2012 from 10:15. Qual. rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Heinrich Popow	Germany	12.43	Q, RR
2	Scott Reardon	Australia	12.45	Q, PB
3	Richard Whitehead	Great Britain	12.97	Q, PB
4	Shaquille Vance	United States	13.17	q
5	Helgi Sveinsson	Iceland	15.64
6	Jamol Allan Pilgrim	Antigua and Barbuda	15.76	SB
			Wind: +0.5 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Wojtek Czyz	Germany	12.53	Q, SB
2	Earle Connor	Canada	12.56	Q
3	Clavel Kayitaré	France	12.59	Q, PB
4	Atsushi Yamamoto	Japan	12.87	q, RR
5	Daniel Jorgensen	Denmark	13.21	PB
6	Garcia-Tolson Rudy	United States	13.77	PB
			Wind: +0.1 m/s

Final

Competed 7 September 2012 at 21:25.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Heinrich Popow	Germany	12.40	RR
	Scott Reardon	Australia	12.43	PB
	Wojtek Czyz	Germany	12.52	SB
4	Earle Connor	Canada	12.65
5	Clavel Kayitaré	France	12.73
6	Atsushi Yamamoto	Japan	12.92
7	Richard Whitehead	Great Britain	12.99
8	Shaquille Vance	United States	13.03	SB
			Wind: -0.1 m/s

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.

References