The Men's 100 metres T46 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 6 September.
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 record10.72Barcelona, Spain6 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 Notes1 Zhao Xu T45 11.06 Q, PRC2 Frank Johnwill T46 11.12 Q, SB3 Yury Nosulenko T46 11.26 SB4 Saeed Alkhaldi T46 11.41 SB5 Elliot Mujaji T46 13.12 SB6 Gabriel Cole T46 17.82 7 Mahamane Sacko T46 DQ 8 Kouame Jean-Luc Noumbo T46 DNS Wind: Calm m/s
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes1 Yohansson Nascimento T45 10.94 Q, WRC2 Raciel Gonzalez Isidoria T46 10.97 Q, PB3 Francis Kompaon T46 11.21 q, PB4 Suwaibidu Galadima T46 11.24 q, SB5 Antonis Aresti T46 11.34 6 Samkelo Radebe T45 11.53 7 Mohamed Kamara T46 11.97 SB8 Arnaud Assoumani T46 DNS Wind: +0.2 m/s
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes1 Ola Abidogun T46 11.21 Q2 Tomoki Tagawa T46 11.29 Q, SB3 Saidi Adedeji T46 11.35 SB4 Antônio Souza T46 11.36 5 Yao Jianjun T46 11.43 SB6 Roger Tapia T46 11.75 7 Ibrahim Mamoudou Tamangue T46 12.29 SB Wind: +0.6 m/s
Final Competed 6 September 2012 at 20:12. Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes1 Zhao Xu T45 11.05 RR2 Raciel Gonzalez Isidoria T46 11.08 3 Ola Abidogun T46 11.23 4 Suwaibidu Galadima T46 11.31 5 Tomoki Tagawa T46 11.32 6 Frank Johnwill T46 11.34 7 Francis Kompaon T46 12.28 8 Yohansson Nascimento 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 = Disqualified. DNS = Did not start.
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