Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T52

Men's 100 metres T52 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	2 September
Competitors	11 from 7 nations
Medalists
Raymond Martin   United States   Salvador Hernandez Mondragon   Mexico   Paul Nitz   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/F51–58
Track
100 m		T51		T52		T53		T54
200 m				T52		T53
400 m				T52		T53		T54
800 m				T52		T53		T54
1500 m								T54
5000 m								T54
4×400 m relay						T53-54
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Javelin throw			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Women T/F51–58
Track
100 m				T52		T53		T54
200 m				T52		T53
400 m						T53		T54
800 m						T53		T54
1500 m								T54
5000 m								T54
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put							F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3
			F57-8
Javelin throw		F33-34/52-53					F54-6
			F57-8

The Men's 100 metres T52 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 2 September.

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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows.

World record	Paul Nitz (USA)	16.73	Nottwil, Switzerland	20 May 2012
Paralympic record	Dean Bergeron (CAN)	17.47	Beijing, China	13 September 2008
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic record	Raymond Martin (USA)	16.79	London, United Kingdom	2 September 2012

Results

Round 1

Competed 2 September 2012 from 11:55. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Raymond Martin	United States	16.79	Q, PR
2	Salvador Hernandez Mondragon	Mexico	17.34	Q
3	Josh Roberts	United States	18.36	Q, PB
4	Thomas Geierspichler	Austria	18.67	q
5	Sam McIntosh	Australia	18.70	SB
6	Toshihiro Takada	Japan	19.63	SB
			Wind: +1.5 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Paul Nitz	United States	17.11	Q
2	Beat Boesch	Switzerland	17.99	Q, SB
3	Peth Rungsri	Thailand	18.53	Q, PB
4	Tomoya Ito	Japan	18.65	q
5	Hirokazu Ueyonabaru	Japan	19.86
			Wind: -0.1 m/s

Final

Competed 2 September 2012 at 19:42.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Raymond Martin	United States	17.02
	Salvador Hernandez Mondragon	Mexico	17.64
	Paul Nitz	United States	17.99
4	Beat Boesch	Switzerland	18.41
5	Tomoya Ito	Japan	18.74
6	Josh Roberts	United States	18.86
7	Thomas Geierspichler	Austria	19.01
8	Peth Rungsri	Thailand	19.05
			Wind: +0.1 m/s

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PR = Paralympic Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.