Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – T11

The T/F 11 categorisation of athletics events, for athletes with the highest level of visual impairment. at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, take place at the Rio Olympic Stadium from September 8. A total of 19 events are contested in the classifications for which T/F11 athletes are eligible. This includes a number of T/F12 events in which T/F11 athletes are entitled to compete.

The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.

For men, there are seven track and three field events at T/F11, while for women there are six track and three field events. In both cases, one of the track events is the T11-13 4 x 100 metres relay.

T/F11 events

Men

Track

T11 100m

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Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time
	3	2347	David Brown	United States	0.123	10.99
	1	1146	Felipe Gomes	Brazil	0.176	11.08
	5	1911	Ananias Shikongo	Namibia	0.199	11.11
4	7	1241	Dongdong Di	China	0.188	11.32

T11 200m

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Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time
	3	1911	Ananias Shikongo	Namibia	0.183	22.44
	5	1146	Felipe Gomes	Brazil	0.203	22.52
	7	1167	Daniel Silva	Brazil	0.167	23.04
4	1	1242	Zetan Fan	China	0.164	23.24

T11 400m

18:49 17 September 2016:^[3]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time
	3	1419	Gerard Descarrega Puigdevall	Spain	0.146	50.22
	5	1146	Felipe Gomes	Brazil	0.175	50.38
	1	1911	Ananias Shikongo	Namibia	0.202	50.63
4	7	1167	Daniel Silva	Brazil	0.167	50.93

T11 1500m

T11 5000m

The Men's 5000 metres T11 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Rio Olympic Stadium on 8 September.^[4]

The event was undertaken as a single final for all competitors, using guides. It was the first medal awarded at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and was won by Kenya's Samwel Mushai Kimani, holding off the host's world champion Odair Santos, who took silver ahead of Kenyan Wilson Bii.^[5]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Samwel Mushai Kimani Guide: James Boit	Kenya	15:16.11	PB
	Odair Santos Guide: Carlos Santos	Brazil	15:17.55
	Wilson Bii Guide: Benard Korir	Kenya	15:22.96	PB
4	Hasan Huseyin Kacar Guide: Muhammet Ugur Cakir	Turkey	15:49.52	PB
5	Zhang Zhen Guide: Zhang Mingyang	China	15:53.47
6	Shinya Wada Guide: Takashi Nakata	Japan	16:02.97
7	Darwin Castro Guide: Sebastian Rosero	Ecuador	16:25.38
8	Nuno Alves Guide: Ricardo Abreu	Portugal	17:03.64
9	Erick Kipto Sang Guide: Bernard Kipkurui Terer	Kenya	DQ
-	Cristian Valenzuela Guide: Jonathan Balados	Chile	DNS	-

DQ = disqualified RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. DNF = Did not finish. DNS = Did not start.

T11-13 4 x 100 metre relay

Rank	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	3	Brazil	Diogo Ualisson Jeronimo da Silva (T12) Gustavo Henrique Araujo (T13) Daniel Silva (T11) guide : Heitor de Oliveira Sales Felipe Gomes (T11) guide : Jonas de Lima Silva	42.37 PR RR	^[6]
	5	China	Di Dongdong (T11) guide : Wang Lin Sun Qichao (T12) Chen Mingyu (T12) Liu Wei (T13)	43.05 RR	^[6]
	1	Uzbekistan	Miran Sakhatov (T11) guide : Jaloliddin Khamrokulov Mansur Abdirashidov (T12) Doniyor Saliev (T12) Fakhriddin Khamraev (T12)	43.47 SB	^[6]
4	7	Namibia	Johannes Nambala (T13) Moses Tobias (T11) guide : Andre Oberholster Martin Amutenya Aloisius (T12) Ananias Shikongo (T11) guide : Even Tjiviju	43.66	^[6]

Road

T12 Marathon

The T12 men's marathon was open to both T12 and T11 competitors.^[7]

Rank	Name	Nationality	classification	Time	Notes
	El Amin Chentouf	Morocco	T12	2:32:17	SB
	Alberto Suarez Laso	Spain	T12	2:33:11	SB
	Masahiro Okamura	Japan	T12	2:33.59
4	Tadashi Horikoshi	Japan	T12	2:36.50	SB
5	Shinya Wada	Japan	T11	2:39.52
6	Gabriel Macchi	Portugal	T12	2:43.49	SB
7	Jorge Pina	Portugal	T12	2:55.47
8	Sandi Novak	Slovenia	T11	3:02.36
-	Gustavo Nieves	Spain	T12	Did not finish
-	Elkin Alonso Serna Moreno	Colombia	T12	Did not finish
-	Gad Yarkoni	Israel	T11	Disqualified

Field

F11 Long Jump

The Men's long Jump F11 is for athletes with the highest level of visual impairment. Athletes approach the jump blindfolded, guided by a coach or guide. The event was contested on the first morning of the Games on September 8, and Ricardo Costa De Oliveira won gold, the first gold for the host nation at the 2016 Summer Paralympics^[8]

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Best
	Ricardo Costa de Oliveira (BRA)	x	6.41	x	6.32	6.43	6.52	6.52
	Lex Gillette (USA)	5.01	5.39	5.95	5.61	6.44	5.93	6.44
	Ruslan Katyshev (UKR)	6.15	6.18	6.20	x	x	5.90	6.20
4	Yang Chuan-Hui (TPE)	5.81	6.10	5.78	5.99	5.06	6.12	6.12
5	Elchin Muradov (AZE)	5.70	5.88	5.89	5.95	6.09	5.81	6.09
6	Xavier Porras (ESP)	x	5.88	5.69	6.05	5.97	x	6.05
7	Chen Xingyu (CHN)	5.74	5.66	x	5.58	5.48	5.40	5.74
8	Mehmet Tunc (TUR)	x	x	5.66	5.58	5.48	5.40	5.66
9	Firas Bentria (ALG)	5.59	5.57	5.58	-	-	-	5.59
10	Martin Parejo Maza (ESP)	x	5.39	5.29	-	-	-	5.39
11	Hiep Nguyen Ngoc (VIE)	x	4.08	4.07	-	-	-	4.08

F11 Discus

F12 Shot Put

The men's shot put F12 competition was also open to F11 athletes, but no factoring took place. Oney Tapia of Italy was the only F11 athlete to enter, finishing 9th.

Rank	Athlete	Distance	Notes
	Kim Lopez Gonzalez (ESP)	16.44	F12
	Saman Pakbaz (IRI)	15.98	F12
	Roman Danyliuk (UKR)	15.94	F12
4	Mavlonbek Haydarov (UZB)	15.61	F12
5	Caio Vinicius da Silva Pereira (BRA)	15.23	F12
6	Miljenko Vucic (CRO)	15.07	F12
7	Russell Short (AUS)	15.01	F12
8	Hector Cabrera Llacer (ESP)	13.75	F12
9	Oney Tapia (ITA)	12.72 (3)	F11
10	Alessandro Rodrigo Silva (BRA)	12.43 (3)

Women

Track