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

The Men's 200m athletics events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from August 31 to September 8. A total of 13 events were contested over this distance for 13 different classifications.

## Schedule

| R | Round 1 | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Fri 31 | Fri 31 | Sat 1 | Sat 1 | Sun 2 | Sun 2 | Mon 3 | Mon 3 | Tue 4 | Tue 4 | Thr 6 | Thr 6 | Fri 7 | Fri 7 | Sat 8 | Sat 8 |
| T11 200m | | | | | | | R | R | ½ | F | | | | | | |
| T12 200m | | | | | | | | | | | | | R | ½ | F | F |
| T13 200m | | | | | | | | | | | R | ½ | F | F | | |
| T34 200m | | | | | | | | | R | F | | | | | | |
| T35 200m | | | | | | | | | | | R | F | | | | |
| T36 200m | | | | | | | | | | | R | F | | | | |
| T37 200m | R | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T38 200m | | | | | | | | | | | | | R | R | F | F |
| T42 200m | | | R | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T44 200m | | | R | R | F | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| T46 200m | | | R | R | ½ | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| T52 200m | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R | F |
| T53 200m | | | | | | | | | | | | | R | F | | |

## Results
### T11

The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Felipe Gomes Guide: Leonardo Souza Lopes | Brazil | 22.97 | =PB |
| | Daniel Silva Guide: Heitor de Oliveira Sales | Brazil | 22.99 | |
| | José Sayovo Armando Guide: Nicolau Palanca | Angola | 23.10 | |
| 4 | Lucas Prado Guide: Justino Barbosa dos Santos | Brazil | 23.15 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.3 m/s | Wind: -0.3 m/s |

### T12

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Mateusz Michalski | Poland | 21.56 | WR |
| | Fedor Trikolich | Russia | 21.81 | PB |
| | Li Yansong | China | 22.04 | RR |
| 4 | Hilton Langenhoven | South Africa | 22.29 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.0 m/s | Wind: +1.0 m/s |

### T13

The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Jason Smyth | Ireland | 21.05 | WR |
| | Alexey Labzin | Russia | 21.95 | PB |
| | Artem Loginov | Russia | 22.03 | PB |
| 4 | Alexander Zverev | Russia | 22.07 | PB |
| 5 | Luis Felipe Gutierrez | Cuba | 22.24 | SB |
| 6 | Jonathan Ntutu | South Africa | 22.37 | RR |
| 7 | Ayoub Chaoui | Morocco | 22.72 | |
| 8 | Ioannis Protos | Greece | 22.97 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.3 m/s | Wind: -0.3 m/s |

### T34

The T34 category is for wheelchair athletes with cerebral palsy. Athletes in this category have minimal limitations or control problems in their arms and trunk while pushing a wheelchair.
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
| | Walid Ktila | Tunisia | T34 | 27.98 | WR |
| | Mohamed Hammadi | United Arab Emirates | T34 | 28.95 | SB |
| | Rheed McCracken | Australia | T34 | 29.08 | |
| 4 | Bojan Mitic | Switzerland | T34 | 30.35 | |
| 5 | Austin Pruitt | United States | T34 | 30.55 | |
| 6 | Stefan Rusch | Netherlands | T34 | 30.63 | |
| 7 | Sebastien Mobre | France | T34 | 30.67 | |
| 8 | Jamie Carter | Great Britain | T34 | 30.94 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.4 m/s | Wind: -0.4 m/s |

### T35

The T35 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. The typical T35 athlete may need assistive devices for walking. The athlete may have sufficient function to run but demonstrates poor balance.
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Iurii Tsaruk | Ukraine | 25.86 | WR |
| | Fu Xinhan | China | 26.21 | RR |
| | Hernan Barreto | Argentina | 26.59 | RR |
| 4 | Allel Boukhalfa | Algeria | 26.70 | RR |
| 5 | Teboho Mokgalagadi | South Africa | 27.02 | PB |
| 6 | Ivan Otleykin | Russia | 27.82 | PB |
| 7 | Niels Stein | Germany | 27.89 | PB |
| 8 | Anton Bubnov | Russia | 28.21 | PB |
| | | | Wind: -0.2 m/s | Wind: -0.2 m/s |

### T36

The T36 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes do not have the capacity to remain still and they show involuntary movements with all four limbs affected. They usually walk without assistive devices.
There were no heats in this event. The final was competed on 6 September 2012 at 19:08.
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Roman Pavlyk | Ukraine | 24.70 | RR |
| | So Wa Wai | Hong Kong | 24.77 | PB |
| | Ben Rushgrove | Great Britain | 24.83 | PB |
| 4 | Graeme Ballard | Great Britain | 25.20 | |
| 5 | Che Mian | China | 25.25 | PB |
| 6 | Marcin Mielczarek | Poland | 26.05 | SB |
| 7 | Andrey Zhirnov | Russia | 26.27 | |
| 8 | Chris Clemens | United States | 26.68 | PB |
| 9 | Gabriel De Jesus Cuadra Holman | Nicaragua | 33.11 | SB |
| | | | Wind: Nil | Wind: Nil |

### T37

The T37 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes have movement and coordination problems on one half of their body. They have good ability in their dominant side of their body (i.e. hemiplegia).
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Roman Kapranov | Russia | 23.10 | =WR |
| | Shang Guangxu | China | 23.15 | RR |
| | Omar Monterola | Venezuela | 23.34 | RR |
| 4 | Liang Yongbin | China | 23.40 | PB |
| 5 | Sofiane Hamdi | Algeria | 23.67 | |
| 6 | Fanie van der Merwe | South Africa | 23.79 | |
| 7 | Gocha Khugaev | Russia | 24.13 | |
| 8 | Rhys Jones | Great Britain | 24.68 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |

### T38

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.
Final
| 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 |

### T42

The T42 category is for single above-knee amputees and athletes with other impairments that are comparable to a single above knee amputation, including athletes with loss of muscle power in the lower limbs.
There were no heats in this event. The final was competed on 1 September 2012 at 11:23.
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Richard Whitehead | Great Britain | 24.38 | WR |
| | Shaquille Vance | United States | 25.55 | RR |
| | Heinrich Popow | Germany | 25.90 | PB |
| 4 | Scott Reardon | Australia | 26.03 | PB |
| 5 | Wojtek Czyz | Germany | 26.07 | PB |
| 6 | Clavel Kayitaré | France | 26.22 | PB |
| 7 | Daniel Jorgensen | Denmark | 26.46 | PB |
| 8 | Atsushi Yamamoto | Japan | 26.76 | RR |
| 9 | Garcia-Tolson Rudy | United States | 26.97 | PB |
| | | | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s |

### T44

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.
Final
| 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 |

### T46

The T46 category is for athletes who have a single above or below elbow amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
| | Yohansson Nascimento | Brazil | T45 | 22.05 | WR |
| | Raciel Gonzalez Isidoria | Cuba | T46 | 22.15 | |
| | Simon Patmore | Australia | T46 | 22.36 | |
| 4 | Antonis Aresti | Cyprus | T46 | 22.40 | RR |
| 5 | Yao Jianjun | China | T46 | 22.81 | SB |
| 6 | Yury Nosulenko | Russia | T46 | 22.88 | |
| 7 | Saidi Adedeji | Nigeria | T46 | 23.02 | SB |
| | Zhao Xu | China | T45 | DQ | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.1 m/s | Wind: +0.1 m/s |

### T52

The T52 category is for wheelchair athletes with damage to spinal cord in the higher parts of the back, substantially impaired or no trunk function, and minimal or no leg function. Pushing power comes from elbow extensions, and appears close to normal except for use of modified gloves to compensate for grip.
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Raymond Martin | United States | 30.25 | PR |
| | Tomoya Ito | Japan | 31.60 | |
| | Salvador Hernandez Mondragon | Mexico | 31.81 | |
| 4 | Beat Boesch | Switzerland | 32.75 | |
| 5 | Leonardo De Jesus Perez Juarez | Mexico | 33.16 | |
| 6 | Paul Nitz | United States | 33.31 | |
| 7 | Peth Rungsri | Thailand | 33.60 | |
| 8 | Josh Roberts | United States | 34.44 | |
| | | | Wind: Nil | Wind: Nil |

### T53

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Li Huzhao | China | 25.61 | PR |
| | Brent Lakatos | Canada | 25.85 | PB |
| | Zhao Yufei | China | 26.00 | PB |
| 4 | Mickey Bushell | Great Britain | 26.32 | RR |
| 5 | Yu Shiran | China | 26.46 | |
| 6 | Hamad N M E Aladwani | Kuwait | 26.50 | PB |
| 7 | Richard Colman | Australia | 26.67 | RR |
| 8 | Ariosvaldo Fernandes Silva | Brazil | 26.83 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |