Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athletics at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Stadium The Mall
Dates	31 August – 9 September
Competitors	1133 (759 men, 374 women) from 141 nations
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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men	women
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Club throw	men	women
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Athletics events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics were held in the Olympic Stadium and in The Mall in London, United Kingdom, from 31 August to 9 September 2012.^[1]

Classification

Athletes were given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allowed athletes to compete against others with a similar level of function.

The athletics classifications are:

• 11–13: Blind (11) and visually impaired (12, 13) athletes
• 20: Athletes with an intellectual disability
• 31–38: Athletes with cerebral palsy
• 40: Les Autres (others) (including people with dwarfism)
• 42–46: Amputees
• 51–58: Athletes with a spinal cord disability

The class numbers were given prefixes of "T", "F" and "P" for track, field and pentathlon events, respectively.

Visually impaired athletes classified 11 run with full eye shades and a guide runner; those classified 12 have the option of using a guide; those classified 13 did not use a guide runner. Guide runners were awarded medals alongside their athletes.

Participating nations

1133 athletes from 141 nations competed.

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	33	29	24	86
2	Russia (RUS)	19	12	5	36
3	Great Britain (GBR)	11	7	11	29
4	United States (USA)	9	6	13	28
5	Tunisia (TUN)	9	5	5	19
6	Ukraine (UKR)	8	7	7	22
7	Brazil (BRA)	7	8	3	18
8	Cuba (CUB)	7	4	0	11
9	Poland (POL)	6	7	5	18
10	Australia (AUS)	5	9	13	27
11	Iran (IRI)	5	5	3	13
12	Germany (GER)	5	3	10	18
13	South Africa (RSA)	4	7	6	17
14	Algeria (ALG)	4	6	6	16
15	France (FRA)	4	4	5	13
16	Ireland (IRL)	4	1	1	6
17	Spain (ESP)	3	2	0	5
18	Morocco (MAR)	3	0	3	6
19	Italy (ITA)	2	3	1	6
20	Mexico (MEX)	2	2	5	9
21	Kenya (KEN)	2	2	2	6
22	Serbia (SRB)	2	1	0	3
23	Austria (AUT)	2	0	3	5
24	Finland (FIN)	2	0	1	3
25	Canada (CAN)	1	5	3	9
26	Netherlands (NED)	1	4	2	7
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	4	2	7
28	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	1	2	4
29	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	1	3
30	Latvia (LAT)	1	1	0	2
	Namibia (NAM)	1	1	0	2
32	Angola (ANG)	1	0	1	2
	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	1	2
34	Chile (CHI)	1	0	0	1
	Fiji (FIJ)	1	0	0	1
	Jamaica (JAM)	1	0	0	1
37	Japan (JPN)	0	3	1	4
38	Croatia (CRO)	0	2	2	4
	Thailand (THA)	0	2	2	4
40	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	2	1	3
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	2	1	3
	South Korea (KOR)	0	2	1	3
43	Greece (GRE)	0	1	4	5
44	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	2	3
45	Iraq (IRQ)	0	1	1	2
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	1	1	2
47	Colombia (COL)	0	1	0	1
	Ethiopia (ETH)	0	1	0	1
	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	0	1
	India (IND)	0	1	0	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
53	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	2	2
54	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia (MAS)	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (61 entries)		170	170	170	510

Medalists

Events

For each of the events below, medals are contested for one or more of the above classifications.

Track Events

Field Events

See also

• Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

References

External links

• International Paralympic Committee - Athletics classification regulations