Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T53

Men's 100 metres T53 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	3 September
Competitors	13 from 10 nations
Medalists
Mickey Bushell  Great Britain Zhao Yufei  China Yu Shiran  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 100 metres T53 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 3 September.^[1]

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

Records

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

World record	Mickey Bushell (GBR)	14.47	Arbon, Switzerland	24 June 2010
Paralympic record	Yu Shiran (CHN)	14.81	Beijing, China	16 September 2008
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic record	Mickey Bushell (GBR)	14.75	London, United Kingdom	3 September 2012

Results

Round 1

Competed 3 September 2012 from 10:15. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mickey Bushell	Great Britain	14.86	Q
2	Yu Shiran	China	15.06	Q, PB
3	Brian Siemann	United States	15.32	Q
4	Mohamed Bani Hashem	United Arab Emirates	16.01
5	Sopa Intasen	Thailand	16.23	SB
6	Jung Dong Ho	South Korea	16.24
7	Hitoshi Matsunaga	Japan	16.79
			Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Brent Lakatos	Canada	15.00	Q
2	Zhao Yufei	China	15.15	Q, PB
3	Ariosvaldo Fernandes Silva	Brazil	15.22	Q
4	Hamad N M E Aladwani	Kuwait	15.62	q
5	Zach Abbott	United States	15.82	q
6	Pichet Krungget	Thailand	16.49	SB
			Wind: -0.1 m/s

Final

Competed 3 September 2012 at 19:20.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Mickey Bushell	Great Britain	14.75	PR
	Zhao Yufei	China	15.09	PB
	Yu Shiran	China	15.20
4	Ariosvaldo Fernandes Silva	Brazil	15.31
5	Brent Lakatos	Canada	15.31
6	Brian Siemann	United States	15.39
7	Hamad N M E Aladwani	Kuwait	15.47	PB
8	Zach Abbott	United States	15.51
			Wind: +0.2 m/s

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

References

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