Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T37

Men's 100 metres T37 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	8 September
Competitors	17 from 11 nations
Medalists
Fanie van der Merwe   South Africa Liang Yongbin   China Roman Kapranov   Russia

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/F31–38
Track
100 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
200 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
400 m		T36		T38
800 m		T36		T37
1500 m		T37
Field
Long jump		F36			F37-38
Shot put		F32-33				F34
		F37-38
Club throw		F31-32/51
Discus throw		F32-34			F35-36
		F37-38
Javelin throw		F33-34
Women T/F31–38
Track
100 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
200 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
400 m		T37
4×100 m relay		T35-38
Field
Long jump		F37-38
Shot put		F32-34			F35-36
		F37
Club throw		F31-32/51
Discus throw		F35-36				F37
Javelin throw		F33-34/52-53				F37-38

The Men's 100 metres T37 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 8 September. ^[1]

The T37 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes have movement and coordination problems on one half of their body. They have good ability in their dominant side of their body (ie hemiplegia).

Records

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

World record	Fanie van der Merwe  (RSA)	11.52	Germiston, South Africa	5 February 2012
Paralympic record		11.83	Beijing, China	12 September 2008
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Paralympics
World record	Fanie van der Merwe  (RSA)	11.51	London, United Kingdom	8 September 2012
World record	Liang Yongbin  (CHN)	11.51	London, United Kingdom	8 September 2012

Results

Round 1

Competed 8 September 2012 from 19:16. Qual. rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Fanie van der Merwe	South Africa	11.52	Q, =WR
2	Mostafa Fathalla Mohamed	Egypt	11.55	Q, PB
3	Roman Kapranov	Russia	11.61	Q, RR
4	Shang Guangxu	China	11.63	q, RR
5	Rhys Jones	Great Britain	12.19	PB
6	Jelmar Bos	Netherlands	12.23
7	Benjamin Ivan Cardozo Sanchez	Mexico	12.63	SB
8	Vladislav Barinov	Russia	12.85	SB
9	Marcel Houssimoli	Vanuatu	14.55	SB
			Wind: -1.3 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Liang Yongbin	China	11.63	Q, =RR
2	Omar Monterola	Venezuela	11.68	Q, RR
3	Gocha Khugaev	Russia	11.91	Q, PB
4	Sofiane Hamdi	Algeria	12.01	q
5	Charl du Toit	South Africa	12.11
6	Ma Yuxi	China	12.14	SB
7	Andrea Dalle Ave	South Africa	12.18	PB
7	Lucas Ferrari	Brazil	12.18	PB
			Wind: -1.0 m/s

Final

Competed 8 September 2012 at 10:00.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Fanie van der Merwe	South Africa	11.51	WR
	Liang Yongbin	China	11.51	WR
	Roman Kapranov	Russia	11.56	RR
4	Shang Guangxu	China	11.63	=PB
5	Mostafa Fathalla Mohamed	Egypt	11.67
6	Sofiane Hamdi	Algeria	11.80
7	Gocha Khugaev	Russia	11.89	PB
8	Omar Monterola	Venezuela	DQ
			Wind: +0.4 m/s

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. WR = World Record. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. DQ = Disqualified.

References

1. "Athletics - Schedule & Results". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 12 September 2012.