Guinea-Bissau at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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Guinea-Bissau at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg
IPC codeGBS
NPCGuinea-Bissau Federation of Sports for the Disabled
in London
Competitors2 in 1 sport
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Guinea-Bissau made its Paralympic Games debut by sending a delegation to compete at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, having made its Olympic debut at 1996 Games. The delegation consisted of two athletes, and , who both competed in track and field events. Neither athlete won a medal, with neither getting past the first round of their events.

Background[]

Guinea-Bissau, a country in West Africa, first participated in a Summer Olympics at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, United States.[1] They participated on five occasions up to and including the 2012 Summer Olympics in London but failed to win any medals along the way.[1]

Members representing Guinea-Bissau joined the International Paralympic Committee in 1997, but did not attend the IPC General Assembly that year.[2][3] However, the nation made did not make its Paralympic debut until the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.[4]

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

started competing in athletics in 2003.[5] He competed in the men's T46 400 metres, aged 31.[6] The T46 classification is an athlete who has, "Upper limb/s affected by limb deficiency, impaired muscle power or impaired range of movement."[7] In the event, Lopes Cardoso was drawn in heat one, a heat containing eventual gold medalist Günther Matzinger of Austria.[8] Lopes Cardoso ran a time of 55.08 seconds, a season's best for him, to finish last in the seven-man heat.[8] He was 5.17 seconds behind the heat winner, Matzinger, and 3.56 seconds behind the second-last finisher, Russian .[8] Lopes Cardoso's was the slowest overall in the heat round and he did not progress to the final.[8]

was due to compete in two event at the 2012 Paralympics, the women's T46 100 metres and the women's T46 400 metres.[9] In the 100 metres, Cande raced in heat two on 4 September 2012.[10] In her race, Cande had a time 14.87 seconds, to finish last in her heat of six women.[10] Cande was 2.05 seconds behind the heat winner, Wang Yanping of China.[10] Cande's time was faster than only one other athlete in the heat round, Nepalese who ran a time of 16.48 seconds.[10] Cande did not qualify for the final.[10] In the 400 metres, Cande was due to race in the final (the event had no heats) but did not; it was won by Cuban Yunidis Castillo.[11]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
400m T46 55.08 7 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
100m T46 14.87 6 Did not advance
400m T46 N/A DNS

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Guinea-Bissau". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  2. ^ Bailey, Steve (2008). Athlete First: A History of the Paralympic Movement. John Wiley & Sons. p. 195. ISBN 978-0470724316.
  3. ^ "25-year anniversary of the IPC". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Guinea-Bissau". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Cesar Lopes Cardoso". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Cesar Lopes Cardoso". London 2012. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Athletics Classification". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  8. ^ a b c d "Men's 400m – T46 – Round 1". London 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Ussumane Cande". London 2012. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Women's 100m – T46 – Round 1". London 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Women's 400m – T46". London 2012. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
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