Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metres T35

The Men's 200 metres T35 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 5 and 6 September.^[1]

Men's 200 metres T35 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	5 and 6 September
Competitors	11 from 9 nations
Winning time	25.86
Medalists
Iurii Tsaruk  Ukraine Fu Xinhan  China Hernan Barreto  Argentina

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Classification
T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired
T/F20: Intellectual disability
T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy
F40: Les Autres
T/F42–46: Amputees
T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability
Men T/F31–38
Track
100 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
200 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
400 m		T36		T38
800 m		T36		T37
1500 m		T37
Field
Long jump		F36			F37-38
Shot put		F32-33				F34
		F37-38
Club throw		F31-32/51
Discus throw		F32-34			F35-36
		F37-38
Javelin throw		F33-34
Women T/F31–38
Track
100 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
200 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
400 m		T37
4×100 m relay		T35-38
Field
Long jump		F37-38
Shot put		F32-34			F35-36
		F37
Club throw		F31-32/51
Discus throw		F35-36				F37
Javelin throw		F33-34/52-53				F37-38

The T35 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. The typical T35 athlete may need assistive devices for walking. The athlete may have sufficient function to run but demonstrates poor balance.

Records

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

World record	Lloyd Upsdell (GBR)	26.69	26 July 2002	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Paralympic record	Teboho Mokgalagadi (RSA)	26.80	26 September 2004	Athens, Greece[2][3]
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Paralympics
World record	Iurii Tsaruk (UKR)	26.58	5 September 2012
World record	Iurii Tsaruk (UKR)	25.86	6 September 2012

Results

Round 1

Competed 5 September 2012 from 22:27. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Hernan Barreto	Argentina	27.19	Q, RR
2	Teboho Mokgalagadi	South Africa	27.37	Q, PB
3	Ivan Otleykin	Russia	28.16	Q, SB
4	Sam Ruddock	Great Britain	28.75	PB
5	Pedro Marquez Villanueva, Jr	Mexico	31.51
			Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Iurii Tsaruk	Ukraine	26.58	Q, WR
2	Allel Boukhalfa	Algeria	27.39	Q
3	Fu Xinhan	China	27.42	Q, SB
4	Niels Stein	Germany	28.27	q, PB
5	Anton Bubnov	Russia	28.40	q, PB
6	Jordan Howe	Great Britain	DNS
			Wind: -0.3 m/s

Final

Competed 6 September 2012 at 20:40.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Iurii Tsaruk	Ukraine	25.86	WR
	Fu Xinhan	China	26.21	RR
	Hernan Barreto	Argentina	26.59	RR
4	Allel Boukhalfa	Algeria	26.70	RR
5	Teboho Mokgalagadi	South Africa	27.02	PB
6	Ivan Otleykin	Russia	27.82	PB
7	Niels Stein	Germany	27.89	PB
8	Anton Bubnov	Russia	28.21	PB
			Wind: -0.2 m/s

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. WR = World Record. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. DNS = Did not start.

References

1. "Athletics - Schedule & Results". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
2. "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games, Athletics, Men's 200 m T35". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 September 2012(the event was not competed in 2008).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
3. "Teboho Mokgalagadi wins gold in the Paralympic Games". South African History Online. Retrieved 14 September 2012.