Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athletics at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Stadium The Mall
Dates	31 August – 9 September 2012
Competitors	1100 (740 men, 360 women)

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

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.

Medal summary

Medal table

2012 Summer Paralympics Athletics medal table

Rank	NPC	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
26	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
30	Namibia (NAM)	1	1	0	2
32	Angola (ANG)	1	0	1	2
32	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	1	2
34	Chile (CHI)	1	0	0	1
34	Fiji (FIJ)	1	0	0	1
34	Jamaica (JAM)	1	0	0	1
37	Japan (JPN)	0	3	1	4
38	Croatia (CRO)	0	2	2	4
38	Thailand (THA)	0	2	2	4
40	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	2	1	3
40	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	2	1	3
40	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
45	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	1	1	2
47	Colombia (COL)	0	1	0	1
47	Ethiopia (ETH)	0	1	0	1
47	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	0	1
47	India (IND)	0	1	0	1
47	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	1	0	1
47	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
53	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	2	2
54	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
54	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
54	Malaysia (MAS)	0	0	1	1
54	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1
54	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
54	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
54	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	0	1	1
54	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	1	1
Total		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

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