Athletics at the 2015 Parapan American Games – Men's 100 metres T12 explained

Event:	Athletics – Men's 100 metres T12
Games:	2015
Venue:	CIBC Athletics Stadium
Dates:	August 10–11
Competitors:	11
Nations:	8
Gold:	Leinier Savon
Silver:	Josiah Jamison (Guide: Rolland James Slade)
Bronze:	Manuel Martinez
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronzenoc:	MEX
Prev:	2011
Next:	2019

The men's T12 100 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Parapan American Games was held between August 10 and 11 at the CIBC Athletics Stadium. The defending Parapan American Games champion was Yoldani Silva of Venezuela.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows:

World record		10.66	Imola, Italy	19 June 2010^[2]
Americas Record		10.89	Beijing, China	10 September 2008
Parapan Am Record		11.11	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	19 August 2007

Schedule

All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).

Date	Time	Round
10 August	16:10	Semifinal 1^[3]
10 August	16:15	Semifinal 2
10 August	16:20	Semifinal 3
11 August	17:45	Final

Results

All times are shown in seconds.

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

PR

Parapan American Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DSQ

Disqualified

FS

False start

Semifinals

The fastest from each heat and next overall fastest qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

Wind +2.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[4]	Notes
	Josiah Jamison (Guide: Rolland James Slade)		11.13	Q
	Benjamin Gonzalez		11.20	q
	Edurdo Aguilar (Guide: Juan Jasid)		11.55
	Alexander Piamba Chilito (Guide: Jessi Chara Lasso)		12.06

Semifinal 2

Wind +0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[5]	Notes
	Manuel Martinez		11.26	Q, PB
	Diogo Jeronimo da Silva		11.37
	Biondi Misasi		11.81

Semifinal 3

Wind +2.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[6]	Notes
	Leinier Savon		10.95	Q
	George Quarcoo (Guide: Adam Johnson)		11.56
	Erwin Jadir Castillo Rodriguez		11.99

Final

Wind +2.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[7]	Notes
	Leinier Savon		10.61
	Josiah Jamison (Guide: Rolland James Slade)		11.15
	Manuel Martinez		11.18
	Benjamin Gonzalez		28.43

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guadalajara 2011 Men's 100m T12 Medalists. 15 November 2011.
2. Web site: Athletics-Initial Records. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150828033431/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/en/athletics/initial-records.htm. 28 August 2015.
3. Web site: Men's 100m T12 Start List. 9 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150811174421/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C51B_ATM112200.pdf. 11 August 2015.
4. Web site: Men's 100m T12 Semifinal 1. 10 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150811174425/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM112201.pdf. 11 August 2015.
5. Web site: Men's 100m T12 Semifinal 2. 10 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150811174426/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM112202.pdf. 11 August 2015.
6. Web site: Men's 100m T12 Semifinal 3. 10 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150811174428/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM112203.pdf. 11 August 2015.
7. Web site: Men's 100m T12 Final. 11 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150812022034/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM112101.pdf. 12 August 2015.