# Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metres T38

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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/F31–38 |||||||
| Track |||||||
| 100 m | T34 | | T35 | | T36 |
| | T37 | | T38 | | |
| 200 m | T34 | | T35 | | T36 |
| | T37 | | T38 | | |
| 400 m | T36 | | T38 | | |
| 800 m | T36 | | T37 | | |
| 1500 m | T37 | | | | |
| Field |||||||
| Long jump | F36 | | | F37-38 | F37-38 |
| Shot put | F32-33 | F32-33 | F32-33 | | F34 |
| | F37-38 | F37-38 | F37-38 |
| Club throw | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 |
| Discus throw | F32-34 | F32-34 | F32-34 | F35-36 | F35-36 |
| | F37-38 | F37-38 | F37-38 |
| Javelin throw | F33-34 | F33-34 | F33-34 |
| Women T/F31–38 |||||||
| Track |||||||
| 100 m | T34 | | T35 | | T36 |
| | T37 | | T38 | | |
| 200 m | T34 | | T35 | | T36 |
| | T37 | | T38 | | |
| 400 m | T37 |
| 4×100 m relay | T35-38 | T35-38 | T35-38 |
| Field |||||||
| Long jump | F37-38 | F37-38 |
| Shot put | F32-34 | F32-34 | F32-34 | F35-36 | F35-36 |
| | F37 |
| Club throw | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 |
| Discus throw | F35-36 | F35-36 | F35-36 | | F37 |
| Javelin throw | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | | F37-38 |
The Men's 200 metres T38 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 7 and 8 September.
The T38 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. T38 athletes have the mildest form of impairment caused by cerebral palsy, often in only one limb, and not affecting the ability to run, walk or jump freely, although impairing performance. T38 athletes may suffer minor co-ordination difficulties.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
| World & Paralympic record | Evan O'Hanlon (AUS) | 21.98 | 14 September 2008 | Beijing, China |
| Broken records during the 2012 Summer Paralympics |||||
| World record | Evan O'Hanlon (AUS) | 21.82 | 8 September 2012 | |

## Results
### Round 1

Competed 7 September 2012 from 10:36. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Evan O'Hanlon | Australia | 23.10 | Q |
| 2 | Edson Pinheiro | Brazil | 23.87 | Q, SB |
| 3 | Union Sekailwe | South Africa | 24.01 | Q, PB |
| 4 | Abbes Saidi | Tunisia | 24.07 | PB |
| 5 | Andriy Onufriyenko | Ukraine | 24.17 | SB |
| | | | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dyan Buis | South Africa | 22.57 | Q, RR |
| 2 | Zhou Wenjun | China | 23.03 | Q, RR |
| 3 | Mohamed Farhat Chida | Tunisia | 23.32 | Q, SB |
| 4 | Tim Sullivan | Australia | 23.48 | q, SB |
| 5 | Lorenzo Albaladejo Martinez | Spain | 23.61 | q, PB |
| 6 | Mykyta Senyk | Ukraine | 24.22 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |

### Final

Competed 8 September 2012 at 11:25.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Evan O'Hanlon | Australia | 21.82 | WR |
| | Dyan Buis | South Africa | 22.51 | RR |
| | Zhou Wenjun | China | 22.65 | RR |
| 4 | Mohamed Farhat Chida | Tunisia | 22.81 | PB |
| 5 | Tim Sullivan | Australia | 23.57 | |
| 6 | Union Sekailwe | South Africa | 23.66 | PB |
| 7 | Lorenzo Albaladejo Martinez | Spain | 23.76 | |
| | Edson Pinheiro | Brazil | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: -0.2 m/s | Wind: -0.2 m/s |
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. WR = World Record. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. DNS = Did not start.