The Men's 800 metres T13 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 7 to 8 September.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
World record1:52.5019 August 2007Rio de Janeiro, BrazilParalympic record1:54.7815 September 2008Beijing, ChinaBroken records during the 2012 Summer ParalympicsParalympic record 1:54.56 7 September 2012 Paralympic record 1:53.01 8 September 2012
Results
Round 1 Competed 7 September 2012 from 13:05. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Abdelillah Mame 1:58.00 Q2 Zine Eddine Sekhri 1:58.14 Q, PB3 Tim Prendergast 1:58.21 Q4 Dmitrii Kornilov 1:59.08 SB5 Miguel Bartelemy Sablon 2:02.11 SB6 Said Gomez 2:10.57 SB7 Sam Harding DNS
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 David Korir 1:54.56 Q, PR2 Abdellatif Baka 1:54.79 Q, PB3 Łukasz Wietecki 1:55.32 Q, PB4 Juan Carlos Arcos Lira 1:55.82 q, PB5 Alexey Akhtyamov 1:55.86 q, PB6 Tarik Zalzouli 1:56.39 PB7 Abdelali El Kadioui El Idrissi 1:58.16 SB
Final Competed 8 September 2012 at 11:55. Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Abdellatif Baka 1:53.01 PR David Korir 1:53.16 PB Abdelillah Mame 1:53.40 PB4 Łukasz Wietecki 1:55.44 5 Tim Prendergast 1:55.85 PB6 Alexey Akhtyamov 1:57.33 7 Juan Carlos Arcos Lira 1:58.11 Zine Eddine Sekhri DQ
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PR = Paralympic Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. DNS = Did not start.
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