Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics T/F20

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] A restricted number of events were held in the stadium for athletes with intellectual impairment.

Athletics
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Paralympic Athletics
VenueOlympic Stadium
The Mall
Dates31 August – 9 September 2012
Competitors1100 (740 men, 360 women)

Classification

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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:

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

Medal summary

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Men's events

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Event Classification Gold Silver Bronze
1500 m T20
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Peyman Nasiri Bazanjani
  Iran
Daniel Pek
  Poland
Rafal Korc
  Poland
Long jump F20
details
Jose Antonio Exposito Pineiro
  Spain
Zoran Talic
  Croatia
Lenine Cunha
  Portugal
Shot put F20
details
Todd Hodgetts
  Australia
Jeffrey Ige
  Sweden
Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli
  Malaysia

Women's events

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Event Classification Gold Silver Bronze
1500 m T20
details
Barbara Niewiedzial
(Guide)
  Poland
Arleta Meloch
(Guide)
  Poland
Ilona Biacsi
(Guide)
  Hungary
Long jump F20
details
Karolina Kucharczyk
  Poland
Krestina Zhukova
  Russia
Mikela Ristoski
  Croatia
Shot put F20
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Ewa Durska
  Poland
Anastasiia Mysnyk
  Ukraine
Svitlana Kudelya
  Ukraine

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Paralympic Athletics". London 2012 website. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
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