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The 2012 Summer Paralympics, the fourteenth Summer Paralympic Games, and also more generally known as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, was a major international multi-sport event for the disabled governed by the International Paralympic Committee, that took place in London, United Kingdom from 29 August to 9 September.
There was competition in 503 events in 26 sports, and there were a total of 1522 medals awarded.
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Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual compound | Open | Jere Forsberg Finland | Matt Stutzman United States | Dogan Hanci Turkey |
W1 | Jeff Fabry United States | David Drahonínský Czech Republic | Norbert Murphy Canada | |
Individual recurve | Standing | Timur Tuchinov Russia | Oleg Shestakov Russia | Mikhail Oyun Russia |
W1/W2 | Oscar de Pellegrin Italy | Hasihin Sanawi Malaysia | Lung Hui Tseng Chinese Taipei | |
Team recurve | Open | Russia (RUS) Mikhail Oyun Oleg Shestakov Timur Tuchinov | South Korea (KOR) Jung Young Joo Kim Suk Ho Lee Myeong-Gu | China (CHN) Cheng Changjie Dong Zhi Li Zongshan |
Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual compound | Open | Danielle Brown Great Britain | Mel Clarke Great Britain | Stepanida Artakhinova Russia |
Individual recurve | Standing | Huilian Yan China | Hwa Sook Lee South Korea | Milena Olszewska Poland |
W1/W2 | Zahra Nemati Iran | Elisabetta Mijno Italy | Jinzhi Li China | |
Team recurve | Open | South Korea (KOR) Kim Ran Sook Ko Hee Sook Lee Hwa Sook | China (CHN) Gao Fangxia Xiao Yanhong Yan Huilian | Iran (IRI) Zahra Javanmard Zahra Nemati Razieh Shir Mohammadi |
Event | Classification | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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 | Todd Hodgetts Australia | Jeffrey Ige Sweden | Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli Malaysia |
Event | Classification | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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 |
(*) F51 competitor
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Shot put | Raoua Tlili Tunisia | Meng Genjimisu China | Najat El Garaa Morocco |
Discus throw | Najat El Garaa Morocco | Raoua Tlili Tunisia | Meng Genjimisu China |
(*) class F32 athlete
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual BC1 | Pattaya Tadtong Thailand | David Smith Great Britain | Roger Aandalen Norway |
Individual BC2 | Maciel Sousa Santos Brazil | Yan Zhiqiang China | So-Yeong Jeong South Korea |
Individual BC3 | Ye-Jin Choi South Korea | Ho-Won Jeong South Korea | José Macedo Portugal |
Individual BC4 | Dirceu Pinto Brazil | Yuansen Zheng China | Eliseu dos Santos Brazil |
Team BC1–2 | Thailand (THA) Witsanu Huadpradit Mongkol Jitsa-Ngiem Pattaya Tadtong Watcharaphon Vongsa | China (CHN) Zhiqiang Yan Weibo Yuan Qi Zhang Kai Zhong | Great Britain (GBR) Dan Bentley Nigel Murray Zoe Robinson David Smith |
Pairs BC3 | Greece (GRE) Maria-Eleni Kordali Nikolaos Pananos Grigorios Polychronidis | Portugal (POR) Armando Costa José Macedo Luis Silva | Belgium (BEL) Pieter Cilissen Kirsten de Laender Pieter Verlinden |
Pairs BC4 | Brazil (BRA) Dirceu José Pinto Eliseu dos Santos | Czech Republic (CZE) Radek Procházka Leoš Lacina | Canada (CAN) Marco Dispaltro Josh Vander Vies |
Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Time trial | T1-2 | Carol Cooke Australia | Hans-Peter Durst Germany | David Stone Great Britain |
Road race | T1-2 | David Stone Great Britain | Giorgio Farroni Italy | David Vondracek Czech Republic |
Team Relay | T1-4 | United States (USA) Marianna Davis Oscar Sanchez Matthew Updike | Italy (ITA) Alex Zanardi Vittorio Podesta Francesca Fenocchio | Switzerland (SUI) Jean-Marc Berset Ursula Schwaller Heinz Frei |
Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Time trial | C1-3 (500 m) | He Yin China | Alyda Norbruis Netherlands | Jayme Paris Australia |
C4-5 (500 m) | Sarah Storey Great Britain | Jennifer Schuble United States | Jianping Ruan China | |
B (1 km) | Felicity Johnson Australia | Aileen McGlynn Great Britain | Phillipa Gray New Zealand | |
Individual pursuit | B | Phillipa Gray New Zealand | Catherine Walsh Ireland | Aileen McGlynn Great Britain |
C1-3 | Sini Zeng China | Simone Kennedy Australia | Allison Jones United States | |
C4 | Susan Powell Australia | Megan Fisher United States | Alexandra Green Australia | |
C5 | Sarah Storey Great Britain | Anna Harkowska Poland | Fiona Southorn New Zealand |
Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Team Sprint | C1-5 | China (CHN) Xiaofei Ji Xinyang Liu Hao Xie | Great Britain (GBR) Jon-Allan Butterworth Darren Kenny Richard Waddon | United States (USA) Joseph Berenyi Sam Kavanagh Jennifer Schuble |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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40 kg | Nazmiye Muslu Turkey | Cui Zhe China | Zoe Newson Great Britain |
44 kg | Ivory Nwokorie Nigeria | Çiğdem Dede Turkey | Lidiia Soloviova Ukraine |
48 kg | Esther Oyema Nigeria | Olesya Lafina Russia | Shi Shanshan China |
52 kg | Joy Onaolapo Nigeria | Tamara Podpalnaya Russia | Xiao Cuijuan China |
56 kg | Fatma Omar Egypt | Lucy Ejike Nigeria | Özlem Becerikli Turkey |
60 kg | Amalia Pérez Mexico | Yang Yan China | Amal Mahmoud Egypt |
67.5 kg | Souhad Ghazouani France | Tan Yujiao China | Victoria Nneji Nigeria |
75 kg | Fu Taoying China | Folashade Oluwafemiayo Nigeria | Lin Tzu-hui Chinese Taipei |
82.5 kg | Loveline Obiji Nigeria | Randa Mahmoud Egypt | Xu Yanmei China |
+82.5 kg | Grace Anozie Nigeria | Heba Ahmed Egypt | Perla Bárcenas Mexico |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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48 kg | Yakubu Adesokan Nigeria | Vladimir Balynetc Russia | Taha Abdelmagid Egypt |
52 kg | Feng Qi China | Ikechukwu Obichukwu Nigeria | Vladimir Krivulya Russia |
56 kg | Sherif Othman Egypt | Anthony Ulonnam Nigeria | Wang Jian China |
60 kg | Nader Moradi Iran | Ifeanyi Nnajiofor Nigeria | Yang Quanxi China |
67.5 kg | Liu Lei China | Rouhollah Rostami Iran | Shaaban Ibrahim Egypt |
75 kg | Ali Hosseini Iran | Mohamed Elelfat Egypt | Hu Peng China |
82.5 kg | Majid Farzin Iran | Gu Xiaofei China | Metwaly Mathana Egypt |
90 kg | Hany Abdelhady Egypt | Cai Huichao China | Pavlos Mamalos Greece |
100 kg | Mohamed Eldib Egypt | Qi Dong China | Ali Sadeghzadeh Iran |
+100 kg | Siamand Rahman Iran | Faris Al-Ajeeli Iraq | Chun Keun-Bae South Korea |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's single sculls | Cheng Huang China | Erik Horrie Australia | Aleksey Chuvashev Russia |
Women's single sculls | Alla Lysenko Ukraine | Nathalie Benoit France | Liudmila Vauchok Belarus |
Mixed double sculls | China (CHN) Lou Xiaoxian Fei Tianming | France (FRA) Perle Bouge Stephane Tardieu | United States (USA) Oksana Masters Rob Jones |
Mixed coxed four | Great Britain (GBR) Pam Relph Naomi Riches David Smith James Roe Lily van den Broecke (Cox) | Germany (GER) Anke Molkenthin Astrid Hengsbach Tino Kolitscher Kai Kruse Katrin Splitt (Cox) | Ukraine (UKR) Andrii Stelmakh Kateryna Morozova Yelena Pukhayeva Denys Sobol Volodymyr Kozlov (Cox) |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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One Person Keelboat – 2.4 MR | Helena Lucas Great Britain | Heiko Kroeger Germany | Thierry Schmitter Netherlands |
Two Person Keelboat – SKUD 18 | Australia (AUS) Dan Fitzgibbon Liesl Tesch | United States (USA) Jean-Paul Creignou Jennifer French | Great Britain (GBR) Alexandra Rickham Niki Birrell |
Open Three Person Keelboat – Sonar | Netherlands (NED) Mischa Rossen Marcel van de Veen Udo Hessels | Germany (GER) Jens Kroker Robert Prem Siegmund Mainka | Norway (NOR) Aleksander Wang-Hansen Marie Solberg Per Eugen Kristiansen |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's Épée A | Dariusz Pender Poland | Romain Noble France | Matteo Betti Italy |
Men's Épée B | Jovane Silva Guissone Brazil | Chik Sum Tam Hong Kong | Alim Latrèche France |
Men's Foil A | Yijun Chen China | Ruyi Ye China | Richárd Osváth Hungary |
Men's Foil B | Daoliang Hu China | Anton Datsko Ukraine | Alim Latrèche France |
Men's Sabre A | Yijun Chen China | Jianquan Tian China | Chan Wing Kin Hong Kong |
Men's Sabre B | Grzegorz Pluta Poland | Marc André Cratère France | Alessio Sarri Italy |
Men's Team Open | China (CHN) Chen Yijun Ye Ruyi Hu Daoliang | France (FRA) Ludovic Lemoine Alim Latrèche Damien Tokatlian | Hong Kong (HKG) Wong Tang Kat Chan Wing Kin Chung Ting Ching |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Women's Épée A | Yu Chui Yee Hong Kong | Zsuzsanna Krajnyák Hungary | Wu Baili China |
Women's Épée B | Saysunee Jana Thailand | Simone Briese-Baetke Germany | Chan Yui Chong Hong Kong |
Women's Foil A | Yu Chui Yee Hong Kong | Wu Baili China | Zsuzsanna Krajnyák Hungary |
Women's Foil B | Fang Yao China | Gyöngyi Dani Hungary | Marta Makowska Poland |
Women's Team Open | China (CHN) Rong Jing Yao Fang Wu Baili | Hungary (HUN) Veronika Juhász Zsuzsanna Krajnyák Gyöngyi Dani | Hong Kong (HKG) Fan Pui Shan Yu Chui Yee Chan Yui Chong |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Mixed team | Australia (AUS) Ben Newton Nazim Erdem Ryley Batt Josh Hose Jason Lees Cody Meakin Greg Smith Chris Bond Ryan Scott (captain) Cameron Carr Andrew Harrison Coach: Brad Dubberley | Canada (CAN) Jason Crone Patrice Dagenais Garett Hickling Ian Chan Mike Whitehead Trevor Hirschfield Fabien Lavoie Travis Murao Jared Funk David Willsie (captain) Patrice Simard Zak Madell Coach: Kevin Orr | United States (USA) Chance Sumner Seth McBride Adam Scaturro Chuck Aoki Jason Regier Scott Hogsett Nick Springer Will Groulx (captain) Andy Cohn Chad Cohn Derrick Helton Joe Delagrave Coach: James Gumbert |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | Shingo Kunieda Japan | Stéphane Houdet France | Ronald Vink Netherlands |
Men's doubles | Sweden (SWE) Stefan Olsson Peter Vikström | France (FRA) Frédéric Cattanéo Nicolas Peifer | France (FRA) Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jérémiasz |
Women's singles | Esther Vergeer Netherlands | Aniek van Koot Netherlands | Jiske Griffioen Netherlands |
Women's doubles | Netherlands (NED) Marjolein Buis Esther Vergeer | Netherlands (NED) Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot | Great Britain (GBR) Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley |
Quad singles | Noam Gershony Israel | David Wagner United States | Nicholas Taylor United States |
Quad doubles | United States (USA) Nicholas Taylor David Wagner | Great Britain (GBR) Andrew Lapthorne Peter Norfolk | Israel (ISR) Noam Gershony Shraga Weinberg |
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