Event: | Athletics |
Games: | 2012 Summer |
Venue: | Olympic Stadium The Mall |
Dates: | 31 August – 9 September 2012 |
Competitors: | 1100 (740 men, 360 women) |
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] 42 events were staged for athletes with cerebral palsy, and 3 jointly with athletes with spinal cord damage.
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.
Event | Classification | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
Long jump | F36 | ||||
F37/38 | |||||
Shot put | F32/33 | ||||
F34 | |||||
F37/38 | |||||
Club throw | F31/32/51 | ||||
Discus throw | F32/33/34 | ||||
F35/36 | |||||
F37/38 | |||||
Javelin throw | F33/34 |
(*) F51 competitor
Event | Classification | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|
100 m | T34 | |||
T35 | ||||
T36 | ||||
T37 | ||||
T38 | ||||
200 m | T34 | |||
T35 | ||||
T36 | ||||
T37 | ||||
T38 | ||||
400 m | T37 | |||
4 × 100 m relay | T35/T38 | Anastasiya Ovsyannikova Svetlana Sergeeva Elena Ivanova Margarita Goncharova | Xiong Dezhi Cao Yuanhang Liu Ping Chen Junfei | Olivia Breen Bethany Woodward Katrina Hart Jenny McLoughlin |
Long jump | F37/38 | |||
Shot put | F32/34 | |||
F35/36 | ||||
F37 | ||||
Club throw | F31/32/51 | |||
Discus throw | F35/36 | |||
F37 | ||||
Javelin throw | F33/34/52/53 | |||
F37/38 |