Athletics at the 2015 Parapan American Games – Men's 400 metres T12

The men's T12 400 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Parapan American Games was held between August 10 and 11 at the CIBC Athletics Stadium. The defending Parapan American Games champion was Thierb Siqueira of Brazil.[1]

Athletics – Men's 400 metres T12 at the
2015 Parapan American Games
VenueCIBC Athletics Stadium
DatesAugust 10–11
Competitors7 from 4 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Manuel Martinez  Mexico
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Luis Galano  Cuba
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Valerys Larrondo  Cuba
2011
2019

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows:

World record   Mahmoud Khaldi (TUN) 48.52 London, Great Britain September 6, 2012[2]
Americas Record   Jorge Benjamin Gonzalez Sauceda (MEX) 49.21 Grosseto, Italy June 13, 2015[2]
Parapan American Games   Pedro Cezar de Sliva Moraes (BRA) 50.43 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 16, 2007[2]

Records broken

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Parapan Am record   Benjamin Gonzalez (MEX) 49.62 Toronto, Canada 10 August 2015[3]

Schedule

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All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).

Date Time Round
10 August 18:02 Semifinal 1[4]
10 August 18:08 Semifinal 2[4]
11 August 19:08 Final[5]

Results

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All times are shown in seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified PR Parapan American Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best DSQ Disqualified FS False start DNF Did not finish

Semifinals

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The fastest from each heat and next two overall fastest qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Name Nation Time[6] Notes
1 Manuel Martinez   Mexico 49.85 Q, PR
2 Luis Galano   Cuba 51.09 q
3 German Angarita Otero   Colombia DNF

Semifinal 2

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Rank Name Nation Time[7] Notes
1 Benjamin Gonzalez   Mexico 49.62 Q, PR
2 Valerys Larrondo   Cuba 51.40 q
3 Diogo Jeronimo da Silva   Brazil 52.80
Alexander Piamba Chilto
(Guide: Jessi Chara Lasso
  Colombia DSQ FS

Final

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Rank Name Nation Time[5] Notes
  Manuel Martinez   Mexico 49.94
  Luis Galano   Cuba 50.86
  Valerys Larrondo   Cuba 51.04
Benjamin Gonzalez   Mexico DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Guadalajara 2011 Men's 400m T12 Medalists" (PDF). 15 November 2011. p. 37. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Athletics Initial Records". Archived from the original on 28 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Athletics-Broken Records". Archived from the original on 24 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Men's 400m T11 Semifinal Start List" (PDF). 9 August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 August 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Men's 400m T12 Final" (PDF). 11 August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Men's 400m T12 Semifinal 1" (PDF). 10 August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Men's 400m T12 Semifinal 2" (PDF). 10 August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 August 2015.