Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T12

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Men's 100 metres T12
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates27–29 August 2021
Competitors12 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Salum Ageze Kashafali  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Noah Malone  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roman Tarasov  RPC
2016

The men's 100 metres T12 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place between 27 and 29 August 2021.

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[]

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
America 10.66 Noah Malone  United States
Asia 10.91 Li Yansong  China
Europe 10.45 WR Salum Ageze Kashafali  Norway
Oceania 12.18  Fiji

Results[]

Heats[]

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  Brazil 11.13
3 5 Jonathan Ntutu  South Africa 11.23 SB
4 7  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  Brazil 11.47

Heat 3 took place on 27 August 2021, at 10:28:[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1  Brazil 10.85 Q, SB
2 3  Cuba 10.91
3 7 Mahdi Afri  Morocco 10.96 PB
5  Germany DQ WPA 7.9.3

Final[]

The final took place on 29 August 2021, at 21:04:[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Salum Ageze Kashafali  Norway 10.43 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Noah Malone  United States 10.66
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 Roman Tarasov  RPC 10.88
4 7  Brazil 11.24

References[]

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Heat 1 results". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Heat 2 results". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Heat 3 results". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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