Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T34

The Men's 100 metres T34 event for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 8 September.

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

World record15.69Kuwait City, Kuwait17 January 2012Paralympic recordNot previously competedBroken records during the 2012 Summer ParalympicsParalympic record 15.95 London, United Kingdom 8 September 2012Paralympic record 15.91 London, United Kingdom 8 September 2012

Ahmad Almutairi of Kuwait, classified T33, competed in this event as there was no T33 competition. Although he set a World Record (for his classification) of 17.67s in the heats, he failed to reach the final.

Results

Round 1 Competed 8 September 2012 from 11:10. Qual. rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Walid Ktila 15.95 Q, PR2 Mohamed Hammadi 16.42 Q, RR3 Stefan Rusch 16.79 Q4 Sebastien Mobre 16.88 q5 Ahmad Almutairi 17.67 WRC6 Jamie Carter 17.75 Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Bojan Mitic 16.56 Q2 Rheed McCracken 16.84 Q, RR3 Henk Schuiling 17.18 Q, PB4 Nathan Dewitt 17.35 q5 Atsuro Kobata 17.65 PB6 Austin Pruitt 17.86 Wind: +0.9 m/s

Final Competed 8 September 2012 at 19:56. Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Walid Ktila 15.91 PR Rheed McCracken 16.30 RR Mohamed Hammadi 16.41 RR4 Bojan Mitic 16.69 5 Sebastien Mobre 16.73 6 Stefan Rusch 16.74 PB7 Henk Schuiling 17.32 8 Nathan Dewitt 17.36 Wind: +0.1 m/s

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. WRC = World Record for athlete's classification. PR = Paralympic Record. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best.

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