Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres

The Men's 800m athletics events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from August 31 to September 8. A total of 8 events were contested over this distance for 8 different classifications. ^[1]

Schedule

R	Round 1	½	Semifinals	F	Final

Event↓/Date →	Fri 31		Sat 1		Sun 2		Mon 3		Tue 4		Wed 5		Thr 6		Fri 7		Sat 8
T12 800m							R				F
T13 800m															R		F
T36 800m											R		F
T37 800m	R		F
T46 800m													R				F
T52 800m													R		F
T53 800m									R		F
T54 800m									R				½	F

Results

T12

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T12

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.

Final

Competed 5 September 2012 at 19:35.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Abderrahim Zhiou	Tunisia	1:56.42
	Egor Sharov	Russia	1:56.65
	David Devine	Great Britain	1:58.72
4	Lazaro Rashid	Cuba	1:58.76

T13

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T13

The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.

Final

Competed 8 September 2012 at 11:55.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Abdellatif Baka	Algeria	1:53.01	PR
	David Korir	Kenya	1:53.16	PB
	Abdelillah Mame	Morocco	1:53.40	PB
4	Lukasz Wietecki	Poland	1:55.44
5	Tim Prendergast	New Zealand	1:55.85	PB
6	Alexey Akhtyamov	Russia	1:57.33
7	Juan Carlos Arcos Lira	Mexico	1:58.11
	Zine Eddine Sekhri	Algeria	DQ

T36

The T36 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes do not have the capacity to remain still and they show involuntary movements with all four limbs affected. They usually walk without assistive devices.

There were no heats in this event. The final was competed on 6 September 2012 at 19:24.

Final

Competed 6 September 2012 at 19:24.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Evgenii Shvetcov	Russia	2:05.32	PR
	Artem Arefyev	Russia	2:06.13	PB
	Paul Blake	Great Britain	2:08.24
4	Pavel Kharagezov	Russia	2:12.47	PB
5	Jose Manuel Gonzalez	Spain	2:15.99
6	Jose Pampano	Spain	2:21.48
7	Gabriel De Jesus Cuadra Holman	Nicaragua	2:23.93	RR
8	Fabio Gutierrez Torres	Colombia	2:30.20

T37

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).

There were no heats in this event. The final was competed on 1 September 2012 at 20:58.

Final

Competed 1 September 2012 at 20:58.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Michael McKillop	Ireland	1:57.22	WR
	Mohamed Charmi	Tunisia	2:01.45	RR
	Brad Scott	Australia	2:02.04	RR
4	Madjid Djemai	Algeria	2:04.93
5	Oleksandr Driha	Ukraine	2:06.17	PB
6	Charl du Toit	South Africa	2:06.67
7	Faycel Othmani	Tunisia	2:09.35	PB
8	Khaled Hanani	Algeria	2:14.31
9	Djamel Mastouri	France	2:23.66

T46

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T46

The T46 category is for athletes who have a single above or below elbow amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.

Final

Competed 8 September 2012 at 21:02.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Gunther Matzinger	Austria	1:51.82	WR
	Samir Nouioua	Algeria	1:52.33	RR
	Abraham Tarbei	Kenya	1:53.03	SB
4	Mohamed Fouzai	Tunisia	1:54.94	PB
5	Abdelhadi El Harti	Morocco	1:56.19	PB
6	Jonah Kipkemoi Chesum	Kenya	1:56.57
7	Stanley Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:03.78
	Hermas Muvunyi	Rwanda	DQ

T52

The T52 category is for wheelchair athletes with damage to spinal cord in the higher parts of the back, substantially impaired or no trunk function, and minimal or no leg function. Pushing power comes from elbow extensions, and appears close to normal except for use of modified gloves to compensate for grip.

There were no heats in this event. The final was competed on 7 September 2012 at 20:39.

Final

Competed 7 September 2012 at 20:39.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Raymond Martin	United States	2:00.34
	Tomoya Ito	Japan	2:00.62	SB
	Leonardo De Jesus Perez Juarez	Mexico	2:01.18	PB
4	Toshihiro Takada	Japan	2:02.64	SB
5	Thomas Geierspichler	Austria	2:05.35	SB
6	Cristian Torres	Colombia	2:09.45	PB
7	Hirokazu Ueyonabaru	Japan	2:11.05	SB
8	Josh Roberts	United States	2:18.57

T53

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T53

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

Final

Competed 5 September 2012 at 19:43.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Richard Colman	Australia	1:41.13
	Brent Lakatos	Canada	1:41.24	PB
	Joshua George	United States	1:41.50
4	Li Huzhao	China	1:41.83
5	Yoo Byunghoon	South Korea	1:42.44
6	Jun Hiromichi	Japan	1:42.99
7	Pierre Fairbank	France	1:43.02
8	Brian Siemann	United States	1:43.09

T54

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T54

The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

Final

Competed 6 September 2012 at 21:16.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	David Weir	Great Britain	1:37.63
	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:37.84
	Saichon Konjen	Thailand	1:38.51
4	Kim Gyu Dae	South Korea	1:39.03
5	Josh Cassidy	Canada	1:39.72
6	Jordan Bird	United States	1:40.17
	Julien Casoli	France	DNF
	Zhang Lixin	China	DQ

References

1. "Athletics - Schedule & Results". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 16 August 2012.