# Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metres T44

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| 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/F42–46 |||||||
| Track |||||||
| 100 m | T42 | | T44 | | T46 |
| 200 m | T42 | | T44 | | T46 |
| 400 m | | | T44 | | T46 |
| 800 m | | | | | T46 |
| 1500 m | | | | | T46 |
| 4×100 m relay | | T42-46 | T42-46 | T42-46 |
| Road |||||||
| Marathon | | | | | T46 |
| Field |||||||
| Long jump | | F42-44 | F42-44 | | F46 |
| Triple jump | | | | | F46 |
| High jump | F42 | | | | F46 |
| Shot put | | F42-44 | F42-44 | F42-44 | F46 |
| Discus throw | F42 | | F44 |
| Javelin throw | F42 | | F44 |
| Women T/F42–46 |||||||
| Track |||||||
| 100 m | T42 | | T44 | | T46 |
| 200 m | | | T44 | | T46 |
| 400 m | | | | | T46 |
| Field |||||||
| Long jump | | F42-44 | F42-44 | | F46 |
| Shot put | | F42-44 | F42-44 | F42-44 |
| Javelin throw | | | | | F46 |
The Men's 200 metres T44 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 1 and 2 September.
The T44 category is for athletes who have a single below knee amputation or who can walk with moderately reduced function in one or both legs. The race was also open to category T43 double amputees, and in the final T43 contestants took all 3 medals.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
| T43 | World record | Oscar Pistorius (RSA) | 21.58 | 5 April 2007 | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| T43 | Paralympic record | Oscar Pistorius (RSA) | 21.67 | 13 September 2008 | Beijing, China |
| Broken records during the 2012 Summer Paralympics |||||
| T43 | World record | Oscar Pistorius (RSA) | 21.30 | 1 September 2012 | |
| T44 | World & Paralympic record | Jim Bob Bizzell (USA) | 22.62 | 13 September 2008 | Beijing, China |
| Broken records during the 2012 Summer Paralympics |||||
| T44 | World record | Arnu Fourie (RSA) | 22.57 | 1 September 2012 | |
| T44 | World record | Arnu Fourie (RSA) | 22.49 | 2 September 2012 | |

## Results
### Round 1

Competed 1 September 2012 from 20:22. Qual. rule: first 2 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira | Brazil | T43 | 21.88 | Q, PB |
| 2 | Jerome Singleton | United States | T44 | 23.23 | Q |
| 3 | Alister McQueen | Canada | T44 | 24.25 | |
| 4 | Ivan Prokopyev | Russia | T43 | 24.26 | PB |
| 5 | Jean-Baptiste Alaize | France | T44 | 24.42 | |
| 6 | Jack Swift | Australia | T44 | 24.88 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.3 m/s | Wind: -0.3 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Blake Leeper | United States | T43 | 22.23 | Q |
| 2 | Arnu Fourie | South Africa | T44 | 22.57 | Q, WR(T44) |
| 3 | David Behre | Germany | T43 | 23.65 | q, SB |
| 4 | Christoph Bausch | Switzerland | T44 | 24.22 | q |
| 5 | Robert Mayer | Austria | T44 | 24.67 | |
| 6 | Jia Tianlei | China | T44 | 25.62 | SB |
| | | | | Wind: -0.8 m/s | Wind: -0.8 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oscar Pistorius | South Africa | T43 | 21.30 | Q, WR(T43) |
| 2 | Jim Bob Bizzell | United States | T44 | 23.64 | Q |
| 3 | Keita Sato | Japan | T44 | 24.34 | RR |
| 4 | Riccardo Scendoni | Italy | T44 | 24.51 | |
| 5 | Marcio Fernandes | Cape Verde | T44 | 24.84 | |
| 6 | D.M.A. Pituwala Kankanange | Sri Lanka | T44 | 26.23 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s |

### Final

Competed 2 September 2012 at 21:15.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
| | Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira | Brazil | T43 | 21.45 | RR |
| | Oscar Pistorius | South Africa | T43 | 21.52 | |
| | Blake Leeper | United States | T43 | 22.46 | |
| 4 | Arnu Fourie | South Africa | T44 | 22.49 | WR(T44) |
| 5 | Jerome Singleton | United States | T44 | 23.58 | |
| 6 | Christoph Bausch | Switzerland | T44 | 23.70 | PB |
| 7 | David Behre | Germany | T43 | 23.71 | |
| 8 | Jim Bob Bizzell | United States | T44 | 28.19 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s |
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. WR = World Record. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.