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

Men's 200 metres T44 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	1 and 2 September
Competitors	18 from 15 nations
Winning time	21.45
Medalists
Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira   Brazil   Oscar Pistorius   South Africa   Blake Leeper   United States

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
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
Road
Marathon						T46
Field
Long jump			F42-44			F46
Triple jump						F46
High jump		F42				F46
Shot put			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			F46
Shot put			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.^[1]

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
	Paralympic record		21.67	13 September 2008	Beijing, China
	Broken records during the 2012 Summer Paralympics
	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
	World record	Arnu Fourie (RSA)	22.57	1 September 2012
	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

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

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

Final

Competed 2 September 2012 at 21:15.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Class	Time	Notes
01 !	Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira	Brazil	T43	21.45	RR
02 !	Oscar Pistorius	South Africa	T43	21.52
03 !	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

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. WR = World Record. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.

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