The Men's 800 metres T46 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 6 to 8 September.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
World & Paralympic record1:52.3615 September 2008Beijing, ChinaBroken records during the 2012 Summer ParalympicsWorld record 1:51.82 8 September 2012
Results
Round 1 Competed 6 September 2012 from 10:58. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Gunther Matzinger 1:55.33 Q, SB2 Samir Nouioua 1:55.38 Q3 Abraham Tarbei 1:55.39 Q, SB4 Jonah Kipkemoi Chesum 1:55.51 q, PB5 Abdelhadi El Harti 1:56.62 q, PB6 Tesfalem Gebru Kebede 1:57.22 SB7 Matthew Silcocks 1:58.51 8 Cahit Kilicaslan 1:59.14 PB9 Chris Hammer 2:04.68
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Mohamed Fouzai 1:58.08 Q, SB2 Hermas Muvunyi 1:58.18 Q, SB3 Stanley Cheruiyot 1:59.23 Q, SB4 Kiross Tekle Redae 1:59.95 SB5 Alexey Kotlov 2:00.21 6 Remy Nikobimeze 2:00.25 PB7 Marcin Awizen 2:01.32 SB8 Davide Dalla Palma 2:02.24 9 Samuel Colmenares 2:05.40 SB10 Michael Roeger DNF
Final Competed 8 September 2012 at 21:02. Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Gunther Matzinger 1:51.82 WR Samir Nouioua 1:52.33 RR Abraham Tarbei 1:53.03 SB4 Mohamed Fouzai 1:54.94 PB5 Abdelhadi El Harti 1:56.19 PB6 Jonah Kipkemoi Chesum 1:56.57 7 Stanley Cheruiyot 2:03.78 Hermas Muvunyi DQ
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. WR = World Record. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. DNF = Did not finish.
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