The men's 100 metres T12 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place between 27 and 29 August 2021.
| Men's 100 metres T12 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 27–29 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.
Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Salum Ageze Kashafali (NOR) |
10.45 | Oslo, Norway | 13 June 2019 |
| Paralympic Record |  Adekunle Adesoji (NGR) |
10.75 | Athens, Greece | 22 September 2004 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 10.75 PR | Adekunle Adesoji |  Nigeria
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| America | 10.66 | Noah Malone |  United States
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| Asia | 10.91 | Li Yansong |  China
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| Europe | 10.45 WR | Salum Ageze Kashafali | Norway
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| Oceania | 12.18 | Fuata Faktaufon |  Fiji
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Results edit
Heats edit
Heat 1 took place on 27 August 2021, at 10:14:[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Salum Ageze Kashafali |  Norway |
10.46 | Q , PR |
| 2 | 3 | Fabrício Júnior |  Brazil |
11.13 | |
| 3 | 5 | Jonathan Ntutu |  South Africa |
11.23 | SB |
| 4 | 7 | Yamil David Acosta Manjarrez |  Colombia |
11.50 | SB |
Heat 2 took place on 27 August 2021, at 10:21:[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Noah Malone |  United States |
10.55 | Q, AR |
| 2 | 3 | Roman Tarasov |  RPC |
10.83 | q, SB |
| 3 | 5 | Abdeslam Hili |  Morocco |
11.00 | PB |
| 4 | 7 | Kesley Teodoro | Brazil |
11.47 |
Heat 3 took place on 27 August 2021, at 10:28:[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Joeferson Marinho | Brazil |
10.85 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 3 | Leinier Savón Pineda |  Cuba |
10.91 | |
| 3 | 7 | Mahdi Afri | Morocco |
10.96 | PB |
| 5 | Marcel Boettger |  Germany |
DQ | WPA 7.9.3 |
Final edit
The final took place on 29 August 2021, at 21:04:[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | Salum Ageze Kashafali | Norway |
10.43 | WR |
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5 | Noah Malone | United States |
10.66 | |
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1 | Roman Tarasov | RPC |
10.88 | |
| 4 | 7 | Joeferson Marinho | Brazil |
11.24 |
References edit
- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 1 results". Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 2 results". Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 3 results". Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.