The Men's 400 metres T12 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 2 to 6 September.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
World record48.6225 July 2002Villeneuve d'Ascq, FranceParalympic record48.9325 September 2004Athens, GreeceBroken records during the 2012 Summer ParalympicsWorld record 48.52 6 September 2012
Results
Round 1 Competed 2 September 2012 from 19:00. Qual. rule: winner of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest other times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Hilton Langenhoven 49.86 Q2 Thierb SiqueiraGuide: Roger Pereira Manarin 50.80 q, SB3 Rodolfo Alves 54.00
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Jorge B. Gonzalez Sauceda 50.83 Q, PB2 Rza Osmanov 51.46 q, SB3 Martin Amutenya Aloisius 57.73 SB4 Semih Deniz DQ
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Mahmoud Khaldi 50.58 Q, SB2 Hyacinthe Deleplace 51.09 q, PB3 Matthias SchroederGuide: Tobias Schneider 52.04 4 Henry Nzungi Mwendo 52.67 SB
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Sun Qichao 50.91 Q2 Gerard Desgarrega PuigdevallGuide: Alejandro Guerrero Diaz 50.91 q, PB3 Mehmet Nesim Oner 52.53 PB4 Suphachai Songphinit 53.03 SB
Semifinals Competed 4 September 2012 from 11:40. Qual. rule: winner of each heat (Q) plus the two fastest other times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Hilton Langenhoven 49.42 Q, =PB2 Sun Qichao 50.96 3 Rza Osmanov 51.34 SB Thierb SiqueiraGuide: Roger Pereira Manarin DQ
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Mahmoud Khaldi 49.02 Q, PB2 Jorge B. Gonzalez Sauceda 50.43 q, PB3 Gerard Desgarrega PuigdevallGuide: Alejandro Guerrero Diaz 50.43 q, PB4 Hyacinthe Deleplace 51.40
Final Competed 6 September 2012 at 19:00. Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Mahmoud Khaldi 48.52 WR Hilton Langenhoven 49.04 PB Jorge Benjamin Gonzalez Sauceda 50.41 PB4 Gerard Desgarrega PuigdevallGuide: Alejandro Guerrero Diaz 50.68
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. WR = World Record. PB = Personal Best.
References