The Men's 200 metres T53 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 record 25.242 July 2004Atlanta, United StatesParalympic record26.3127 September 2004Athens, GreeceBroken records during the 2012 Summer ParalympicsParalympic record 26.08 7 September 2012 Paralympic record 25.61 7 September 2012
Results
Round 1 Competed 7 September 2012 from 11:51. Qual. rule: first 2 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Li Huzhao 26.08 Q, PR2 Brent Lakatos 26.20 Q, PB3 Richard Colman 26.75 q, RR4 Jung Dong Ho 26.94 PB5 Jesus Aguilar 27.69 6 Zach Abbott 27.71 7 Hitoshi Matsunaga 28.32 Wind: -0.1 m/s
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Yu Shiran 26.17 Q, PB2 Ariosvaldo Fernandes Silva 26.61 Q, PB3 Joshua George 26.76 4 Brian Siemann 26.78 5 Yoo Byunghoon 27.32 SB6 Pierre Fairbank 27.52 PB7 Sopa Intasen 27.97 SB8 Jaime Ramirez Valencia 28.78 SB Wind: -0.1 m/s
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Zhao Yufei 26.46 Q, PB2 Hamad N M E Aladwani 26.67 Q, PB3 Mickey Bushell 26.73 q, RR4 Jun Hiromichi 27.84 5 Eric Gauthier 28.26 6 Mohamed Bani Hashem 28.39 SB7 Pichet Krungget 29.11 SB Wind: -0.1 m/s
Final Competed 7 September 2012 at 20:31. Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Li Huzhao 25.61 PR Brent Lakatos 25.85 PB Zhao Yufei 26.00 PB4 Mickey Bushell 26.32 RR5 Yu Shiran 26.46 6 Hamad N M E Aladwani 26.50 PB7 Richard Colman 26.67 RR8 Ariosvaldo Fernandes Silva 26.83 Wind: +0.2 m/s
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PR = Paralympic Record. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.
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