Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T46

Men's 100 metres T46 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	6 September
Competitors	23 from 19 nations
Medalists
Zhao Xu  China Raciel Gonzalez Isidoria  Cuba Ola Abidogun  Great Britain

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/F42–46
Track
100 m		T42		T44		T46
200 m		T42		T44		T46
400 m				T44		T46
800 m						T46
1500 m						T46
4×100 m relay			T42-46
Road
Marathon						T46
Field
Long jump			F42-44			F46
Triple jump						F46
High jump		F42				F46
Shot put			F42-44			F46
Discus throw		F42		F44
Javelin throw		F42		F44
Women T/F42–46
Track
100 m		T42		T44		T46
200 m				T44		T46
400 m						T46
Field
Long jump			F42-44			F46
Shot put			F42-44
Javelin throw						F46

The Men's 100 metres T46 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 6 September.

The T46 category is for athletes who have a single above or below elbow amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs. There being no event for T45 competitors - double arm amputees - two such athletes took part in this event, and one of them, Zhao Xu of China, took the gold medal.

Records

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

World & Paralympic record

Adeoye Ajibola (NGR)

10.72

Barcelona, Spain

6 September 1992

Results

Round 1

Competed 6 September 2012 from 11:55. Qual. rule: first 2 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Class	Time	Notes
1	Zhao Xu	China	T45	11.06	Q, PRC
2	Frank Johnwill	Nigeria	T46	11.12	Q, SB
3	Yury Nosulenko	Russia	T46	11.26	SB
4	Saeed Alkhaldi	Saudi Arabia	T46	11.41	SB
5	Elliot Mujaji	Zimbabwe	T46	13.12	SB
6	Gabriel Cole	Australia	T46	17.82
7	Mahamane Sacko	Mali	T46	DQ
8	Kouame Jean-Luc Noumbo	Ivory Coast	T46	DNS
			Wind: Calm m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Class	Time	Notes
1	Yohansson Nascimento	Brazil	T45	10.94	Q, WRC
2	Raciel Gonzalez Isidoria	Cuba	T46	10.97	Q, PB
3	Francis Kompaon	Papua New Guinea	T46	11.21	q, PB
4	Suwaibidu Galadima	Nigeria	T46	11.24	q, SB
5	Antonis Aresti	Cyprus	T46	11.34
6	Samkelo Radebe	South Africa	T45	11.53
7	Mohamed Kamara	Sierra Leone	T46	11.97	SB
8	Arnaud Assoumani	France	T46	DNS
			Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Class	Time	Notes
1	Ola Abidogun	Great Britain	T46	11.21	Q
2	Tomoki Tagawa	Japan	T46	11.29	Q, SB
3	Saidi Adedeji	Nigeria	T46	11.35	SB
4	Antônio Souza	Brazil	T46	11.36
5	Yao Jianjun	China	T46	11.43	SB
6	Roger Tapia	Philippines	T46	11.75
7	Ibrahim Mamoudou Tamangue	Niger	T46	12.29	SB
			Wind: +0.6 m/s

Final

Competed 6 September 2012 at 20:12.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Class	Time	Notes
1	Zhao Xu	China	T45	11.05	RR
2	Raciel Gonzalez Isidoria	Cuba	T46	11.08
3	Ola Abidogun	Great Britain	T46	11.23
4	Suwaibidu Galadima	Nigeria	T46	11.31
5	Tomoki Tagawa	Japan	T46	11.32
6	Frank Johnwill	Nigeria	T46	11.34
7	Francis Kompaon	Papua New Guinea	T46	12.28
8	Yohansson Nascimento	Brazil	T45	30.79
			Wind: +0.2 m/s

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. WRC = World Record for athlete's classification. PRC = Paralympic Record for athlete's classification. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. DQ = Disqualifed. DNS = Did not start.