Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metres T11

Women's 200 metres T11 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	1 to 2 September
Competitors	13 from 10 nations
Winning time	24.82
Medalists
Terezinha Guilhermina Guilherme Soares de Santana  Brazil Jerusa Geber Santos Luiz Henrique Barboza Da Silva  Brazil Jia Juntingxian Xu Donglin  China

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/F11–13
Track
100 m		T11		T12		T13
200 m		T11		T12		T13
400 m		T11		T12		T13
800 m				T12		T13
1500 m		T11				T13
5000 m		T11		T12
4×100 m relay		T11–13
Road
Marathon				T12
Field
Long jump		F11				F13
Triple jump		F11		F12
Shot put		F11–12
Discus throw		F11
Javelin throw				F12–13
Women T/F11–13
Track
100 m		T11		T12		T13
200 m		T11		T12
400 m				T12		T13
1500 m				T12
Field
Long jump		F11–12				F13
Shot put		F11–12
Discus throw		F11–12
Javelin throw				F12–13

The Women's 200 metres T11 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 1 to 2 September. The event consisted of 4 heats, 2 semifinals and a final.

The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.

Records

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

World record	Terezinha Guilhermina (BRA)	24.67	20 April 2012	Mexico City, Mexico
Paralympic record	Adria Santos (BRA)	24.99	27 October 2000	Sydney, Australia
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic record	Terezinha Guilhermina (BRA)	24.89	2 September 2012
Paralympic record	Terezinha Guilhermina (BRA)	24.82	2 September 2012

Results

Round 1

Competed 1 September 2012 from 10:53. Qual. rule: winner of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Terezinha Guilhermina Guide: Guilherme Soares de Santana	Brazil	24.89	Q, PR
2	Maria Gomes Da Silva Guide: Albano Pedro Zongo	Angola	27.60	q, RR
3	Paraskevi Kantza Guide: Theodoros Katsonopoulos	Greece	28.10	q, PB
			Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jerusa Geber Santos Guide: Luiz Henrique Barboza Da Silva	Brazil	26.96	Q
2	Esperança Gicaso Guide: Marcio Jose Fonseca Neto	Angola	28.45	PB
3	Miroslava Sedlackova Guide: Michal Prochazka	Czech Republic	28.57	PB
			Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jhulia Santos Guide: Fabio Dias de Oliveira Silva	Brazil	27.01	Q, PB
2	Yuki Temma Guide: Katsuyuki Kondo	Japan	28.30
3	Katherina Taylor Guide: Hugo Lombardo	Panama	32.76	SB
4	Vanessa Benavidez Hernandez Guide: Gema Alvarado Estrada	Nicaragua	33.51	SB
			Wind: +0.5 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jia Juntingxian Guide: Xu Donglin	China	26.28	Q, PB
2	Casandra G. Cruz Monroy Guide: Jovan Blancas Garcia	Mexico	27.11	q, PB
3	Tracey Hinton Guide: Steffan Hughes	Great Britain	27.26	q, SB
			Wind: +1.2 m/s

Semifinals

Competed 2 September 2012 from 10:00. Qual. rule: winner of each heat (Q) plus the two fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Terezinha Guilhermina Guide: Guilherme Soares de Santana	Brazil	24.92	Q
2	Jhulia Santos Guide: Fabio Dias de Oliveira Silva	Brazil	26.70	q, PB
3	Casandra G. Cruz Monroy Guide: Jovan Blancas Garcia	Mexico	26.96	PB
4	Paraskevi Kantza Guide: Theodoros Katsonopoulos	Greece	27.57	PB
			Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jia Juntingxian Guide: Xu Donglin	China	26.25	Q, PB
2	Jerusa Geber Santos Guide: Luiz Henrique Barboza Da Silva	Brazil	26.64	q
3	Tracey Hinton Guide: Steffan Hughes	Great Britain	27.38
4	Maria Gomes Da Silva Guide: Albano Pedro Zongo	Angola	27.71
			Wind: +0.2 m/s

Final

Competed 2 September 2012 at 19:24.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Terezinha Guilhermina Guide: Guilherme Soares de Santana	Brazil	24.82	PR
	Jerusa Geber Santos Guide: Luiz Henrique Barboza Da Silva	Brazil	26.32
	Jia Juntingxian Guide: Xu Donglin	China	26.33
4	Jhulia Santos Guide: Fabio Dias de Oliveira Silva	Brazil	26.65	PB
			Wind: +0.4 m/s

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PR = Paralympic Record. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.