Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metres T53

Men's 200 metres T53 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	7 September
Competitors	22 from 14 nations
Winning time	25.61
Medalists
Li Huzhao   China   Brent Lakatos   Canada   Zhao Yufei   China

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 200 metres T53 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 7 September.

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Records

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

World record	Christopher Waddell (USA)	25.24	2 July 2004	Atlanta, United States
Paralympic record	Hong Suk-man (KOR)	26.31	27 September 2004	Athens, Greece
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic record	Li Huzhao (CHN)	26.08	7 September 2012
Paralympic record	Li Huzhao (CHN)	25.61	7 September 2012

Results

Round 1

Competed 7 September 2012 from 11:51. Qual. rule: first 2 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Li Huzhao	China	26.08	Q, PR
2	Brent Lakatos	Canada	26.20	Q, PB
3	Richard Colman	Australia	26.75	q, RR
4	Jung Dong Ho	South Korea	26.94	PB
5	Jesus Aguilar	Venezuela	27.69
6	Zach Abbott	United States	27.71
7	Hitoshi Matsunaga	Japan	28.32
			Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Yu Shiran	China	26.17	Q, PB
2	Ariosvaldo Fernandes Silva	Brazil	26.61	Q, PB
3	Joshua George	United States	26.76
4	Brian Siemann	United States	26.78
5	Yoo Byunghoon	South Korea	27.32	SB
6	Pierre Fairbank	France	27.52	PB
7	Sopa Intasen	Thailand	27.97	SB
8	Jaime Ramirez Valencia	Mexico	28.78	SB
			Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zhao Yufei	China	26.46	Q, PB
2	Hamad N M E Aladwani	Kuwait	26.67	Q, PB
3	Mickey Bushell	Great Britain	26.73	q, RR
4	Jun Hiromichi	Japan	27.84
5	Eric Gauthier	Canada	28.26
6	Mohamed Bani Hashem	United Arab Emirates	28.39	SB
7	Pichet Krungget	Thailand	29.11	SB
			Wind: -0.1 m/s

Final

Competed 7 September 2012 at 20:31.

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

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