Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T12
| Men's 400 metres T12 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
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| Competitors | 8 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 47.59 | ||||||||||||
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The men's 400 metres T12 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place between 31 August and 2 September 2021.
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.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Abdeslam Hili (MAR) |
47.79 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 9 November 2019 |
| Paralympic Record |  Mahmoud Khaldi (TUN) |
48.52 | London, United Kingdom | 6 September 2012 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 47.79 WR | Abdeslam Hili | Morocco
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| America | 49.38 | Noah Malone |  United States
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| Asia | 48.57 | Sun Qichao |  China
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| Europe | 48.62 | Gabriel Potra |  Portugal
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| Oceania | 53.60 | Jonathan Fitzpatrick |  Australia
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Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Heat 1 took place on 31 August 2021, at 21:17:[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Abdeslam Hili |  Morocco |
48.78 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 5 | Yamil Acosta |  Colombia |
50.95 | |
| 3 | 3 | Achraf Lahouel | Tunisia |
51.37 | SB |
Heat 2 took place on 31 August 2021, at 21:25:[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Rouay Jebabli | Tunisia |
48.69 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 5 | Oğuz Akbulut |  Turkey |
49.17 | SB |
Heat 3 took place on 31 August 2021, at 21:33:[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Noah Malone |  United States |
48.50 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 3 | Mahdi Afri | Morocco |
48.53 | q, SB |
| 3 | 7 | Fabrício Junior Barros |  Brazil |
52.42 | SB |
Final
[edit]The final took place on 2 September 2021, at 9:42:[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7 | Abdeslam Hili | Morocco |
47.59 | WR |
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3 | Noah Malone | United States |
47.93 | AR |
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5 | Rouay Jebabli | Tunisia |
48.01 | PB |
| 4 | 1 | Mahdi Afri | Morocco |
48.93 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 3 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.