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. 43 events were staged for athletes with spinal cord disabilities, and 3 staged jointly with cerebral palsy classes.
Classification 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: 11–13: Blind (11) and visually impaired (12, 13) athletes 20: Athletes with an intellectual disability 31–38: Athletes with cerebral palsy 40: Les Autres (others) (including people with dwarfism) 42–46: Amputees 51–58: Athletes with a spinal cord disability
The class numbers were given prefixes of "T" and "F" for track and field events, respectively.
Medal summary
Men's events
EventClassificationGoldSilverBronze 100 mT51T52T53T54 200 mT52T53 400 mT52T53T54 800 mT52T53T54 1500 mT54 5000 mT54 MarathonT54 4 × 400 m relayT53/T54 Liu YangLiu ChengmingLi HuzhaoZhang Lixin Supachai KoysubSaichon KonjenSopa IntasenPrawat Wahoram Richard NicholsonNatheniel ArkleyMatthew CameronRichard Colman Shot putF52/53F54/55/56F57/58 Club throwF31/32/51 Discus throwF51/52/53F54/55/56F57/58 Javelin throwF52/53F54/55/56F57/58
(*) class F32 athlete
Women's events
EventClassificationGoldSilverBronze 100 mT52T53T54 200 mT52T53 400 mT53T54 800 mT53T54 1500 mT54 5000 mT54 MarathonT54 Shot putF54/55/56F57/58 Club throwF31/32/51 All medals were won by class F32 athletes Discus throwF51/52/53F57/58 JavelinF33/34/52/53 All medals were won by class F34 athletesF54/55/56F57/58
See also Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
References
External links International Paralympic Committee - Athletics classification regulations