Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics T/F20

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 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] A restricted number of events were held in the stadium for athletes with intellectual impairment.

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:

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
1500 m T20
 Peyman Nasiri Bazanjani
 Iran		 Daniel Pek
 Poland		 Rafal Korc
 Poland
Long jump F20
 Jose Antonio Exposito Pineiro
 Spain		 Zoran Talic
 Croatia		 Lenine Cunha
 Portugal
Shot put F20
 Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli
 Malaysia		 Jeffrey Ige
 Sweden		 Todd Hodgetts
 Australia

Women's events

Event Classification Gold Silver Bronze
1500 m T20
 Barbara Niewiedzial
(Guide)
 Poland		 Arleta Meloch
(Guide)
 Poland		 Ilona Biacsi
(Guide)
 Hungary
Long jump F20
 Karolina Kucharczyk
 Poland		 Krestina Zhukova
 Russia		 Mikela Ristoski
 Croatia
Shot put F20
 Ewa Durska
 Poland		 Anastasiia Mysnyk
 Ukraine		 Svitlana Kudelya
 Ukraine

See also

References

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