Tunisia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Tunisia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	TUN
NPC	Tunisian Paralympic Committee
in London
Competitors	31 in 1 sport
Flag bearer	Abderrahim Zhiou
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 9 Silver 5 Bronze 5 Total 19
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Tunisia competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012. ^[1] This was the nation's seventh appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1988. The Tunisian Paralympic Committee sent a total of 31 athletes to the Games, 18 men and 13 women to compete in Athletics only.

Tunisia left London with a total of 19 Paralympic medals ( 9 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze ).

Medallists

Further information: List of 2012 Summer Paralympics medal winners

Tunisia finished the 2012 Games with 9 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze medals. This put them 14th overall on the medal list. They were one of two African countries to finish in the top 20 countries by medal, with South Africa the other country in 18th position with 8 gold, 12 silver and 9 bronze medals. ^[2]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Neda Bahi	Athletics	Women's 400m T37	31 August
Gold	Raoua Tlili	Athletics	Women's club throw F31/32/51	31 August
Gold	Walid Ktila	Athletics	Men's 200m T34	1 September
Gold	Walid Ktila	Athletics	Men's 100m T34	1 September
Gold	Mahmoud Khaldi	Athletics	Men's 400m T12	1 September
Gold	Abderrahim Zhiou	Athletics	Men's 1500m T13	1 September
Gold	Abderrahim Zhiou	Athletics	Men's 800m T12	1 September
Gold	Maroua Ibrahmi	Athletics	Women's club throw F31/32/51	1 September
Gold	Farhat Chida	Athletics	Men 400m T38	3 September
Silver	Abderrahim Zhiou	Athletics	Men's 5000m T12	31 August
Silver	Mohamed Charmi	Athletics	Men's 800m T37	31 August
Silver	Somaya Bousaid	Athletics	Women's 400m T13	31 August
Silver	Raoua Tlili	Athletics	Women's discus throw F40	31 August
Silver	Hania Aidi	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F54/55/56	31 August
Bronze	Abderrahim Zhiou	Athletics	Men's marathon T12	31 August
Bronze	Mohamed Charmi	Athletics	Men's 1500m T37	31 August
Bronze	Mohamed Zemzemi	Athletics	Men's discus throw F51/52/53	31 August
Bronze	Neda Bahi	Athletics	Women's 100m T37	31 August
Bronze	Maroua Ibrahmi	Athletics	Women's shot put F32/33	31 August

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ahmed Aouadi	100m T54	14.51	4	did not advance
	400m T54	DQ		did not advance
	800m T54	1:38.84	5	did not advance
	1500m T54	3:20.35	6	did not advance
Mohamed Charmi	800m T37	—				2:01.45
	1500m T37	—				4:14.90
Mohamed Farhat Chida	100m T38	—				11.44	4
	200m T38	23.32 SB	3 Q	—		22.81	4
	400m T38	55.12	3 Q	—		50.43 SB
Mohamed Fouzai	800m T46	1:58.08 SB	1 Q	—		1:54.94	4
	1500m T46	4:01.23	3 Q	—		3:58.79	5
Mahmoud Khaldi	200m T12	22.63	2 q	22.88	3	did not advance
	400m T12	50.58 SB	1 Q	49.02 SB	1 Q	48.52 WR
Walid Ktila	100m T34	15.95 PR	1 Q	—		15.91 PR
	200m T34	27.98 WR	1 Q	—		27.98 WR
Hatem Nasrallah	800m T12	2:03.83	2	did not advance
	1500m T13	4:13.27	10	did not advance
	Marathon T12	—				2:57:08	11
Faycel Othmani	800m T37	—				2:09.35	7
	1500m T37	—				4:19.94	5
Abbes Saidi	200m T38	24.07	4	did not advance
	400m T38	52.32	1 Q	—		52.05	4
Abderrahim Zhiou	800m T12	1:55.99	1 Q	—		1:56.42
	1500m T13	3:55.43	3 Q	—		3:48.31 WR
	5000m T12	—				14:19.97 PB
	Marathon T12	—				2:26:56

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Points	Rank
Mohamed Amara	Javelin throw F40	35.58	—	9
	Shot put F40	9.99	—	11
Mohamed Farhat Chida	Long jump F37-38	6.36	1010	4
Dali Fatnassi	Shot put F20	11.99	—	10
Mourad Idoudi	Javelin throw F33-34	18.32	—	12
	Shot put F32-33	7.65	664	10
Mohamed Krid	Discus throw F32-33-34	41.79	1004	4
	Javelin throw F33-34	33.59	—	8
	Shot put F34	10.55	—	10
Sofyane Mejri	Discus throw F40	38.07	—	5
	Shot put F40	11.07	—	6
Hamdi Ouerfelli	Discus throw F37-38	45.02	972	5
	Shot put F37-38	13.74	—	7
Faouzi Rzig	Javelin throw F33-34	35.86	—	5
Mohamed Zemzemi	Club throw F31/32/51	24.63	933	6
	Discus throw F51-52-53	11.34	917

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Neda Bahi	100m T37	14.53 PB	3 Q	—		14.36
	200m T37	30.00	4 q	—		30.28	7
	400m T37	1:07.49 PB	1 Q	—		1:05.86
Yousra Ben Jemaa	100m T34	20.57	2 Q	—		20.52	5
	200m T34	36.81	3 Q	—		37.68	5
Somaya Bousaid	100m T13	13.41	4	did not advance
	400m T13	—				56.83
Sonia Mansour	100m T38	14.40 SB	3 Q	—		14.45	6
	200m T38	29.10 SB	3 Q	—		29.32	6

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Points	Rank
Hania Aidi	Javelin throw F54/55/56	17.40	—
	Shot put F54-56	6.30	904	5
Neda Bahi	Long jump F37/38	4.35	987	5
Yousra Ben Jemaa	Javelin throw F33/34/52/53	18.63	—	4
Rabia Benhaj Ahmed	Long jump F20	NM
Dhouha Chelhi	Club throw F31/32/51	8.29	468	13
	Discus throw F51/52/53	4.76	643	5
Maroua Ibrahmi	Club throw F31/32/51	23.43 WR	1064
	Shot put F32-34	5.75	869
Fadhila Nafati	Shot put F54-56	6.21	888	7
Saida Nayli	Club throw F31/32/51	16.43	879	7
Bochra Rzouga	Discus throw F51/52/53	10.44	424	7
Raoua Tlili	Discus throw F40	31.16	—
	Shot put F40	9.86 WR	—

See also

• Tunisia at the Paralympics
• Tunisia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Tunisia - 2012 Paralympic News, Athletes, Medals". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
2. "Paralympics medals table". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-10-25.