The Men's 100 metres T42 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 7 September.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows.
World record12.14Leverkusen, Germany1 June 2002Paralympic record12.32Beijing, China14 September 2008
Results
Round 1 Competed 7 September 2012 from 10:15. Qual. rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Heinrich Popow 12.43 Q, RR2 Scott Reardon 12.45 Q, PB3 Richard Whitehead 12.97 Q, PB4 Shaquille Vance 13.17 q5 Helgi Sveinsson 15.64 6 Jamol Allan Pilgrim 15.76 SB Wind: +0.5 m/s
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Wojtek Czyz 12.53 Q, SB2 Earle Connor 12.56 Q3 Clavel Kayitaré 12.59 Q, PB4 Atsushi Yamamoto 12.87 q, RR5 Daniel Jorgensen 13.21 PB6 Garcia-Tolson Rudy 13.77 PB Wind: +0.1 m/s
Final Competed 7 September 2012 at 21:25. Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Heinrich Popow 12.40 RR Scott Reardon 12.43 PB Wojtek Czyz 12.52 SB Earle Connor 12.65 Clavel Kayitaré 12.73 Atsushi Yamamoto 12.92 Richard Whitehead 12.99 Shaquille Vance 13.03 SB Wind: -0.1 m/s
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.
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