Athletics at the 2015 Parapan American Games – Men's 200 metres T12 explained

Event:	Athletics – Men's 200 metres T12
Games:	2015
Venue:	CIBC Athletics Stadium
Dates:	August 12
Competitors:	9
Nations:	7
Gold:	Leinier Savon
Bronze:	Manuel Martinez
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronzenoc:	MEX
Prev:	2011
Next:	2019

The men's T12 200 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Parapan American Games was held on August 12 at the CIBC Athletics Stadium. The defending Parapan American Games champion was Thierb Siqueira of Brazil.^[1]

Records

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

World record		21.56	London, Great Britain	8 September 2012
Americas record		22.46	Athens, Greece	26 September 2004
Parapan record		22.48	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14 August 2007^[2]

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Round
12 August	16:03	Semifinal 1^[3]
12 August	16:08	Semifinal 2
12 August	16:16	Semifinal 3
12 August	20:48	Final

Results

All times are shown in seconds.

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

PR

Parapan American Games record

AR

Area 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: +3.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[4]	Notes
	Leinier Savon		22.20	Q
	George Quarcoo (Guide: Adam Johnson)		23.83
	Alexander Piamba Chilito (Guide: Jessi Chara Lasso)		24.89

Semifinal 2

Wind: +4.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[5]	Notes
	Eduardo Aguilar (Guide: Juan Jasid)		24.06	Q
	Erwin Jadir Castillo Rodriguez		25.71
	Benjamin Gonzalez		DSQ	Did not start

Semifinal 3

Wind: +3.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[6]	Notes
	Diogo Jeronimo da Silva		22.65	Q
	Manuel Martinez		25.71	q
	Josiah Jamison (Guide: Rolland James Slade)		DNF

Final

Wind: +2.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[7]	Notes
	Leinier Savon		22.06
	Diogo Jeronimo da Silva		22.05
	Manuel Martinez		22.87
	Educardo Aguilar (Guide: Juan Jasid)		23.56

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guadalajara 2011 Men's 200m T12 Medalists. 16 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 200m T12 Start List. 11 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150818154006/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C51B_ATM212200.pdf. 18 August 2015.
4. Web site: Men's 200m T12 Semifinal 1. 12 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150818154010/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM212201.pdf. 18 August 2015.
5. Web site: Men's 200m T12 Semifinal 2. 12 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150818154012/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM212202.pdf. 18 August 2015.
6. Web site: Men's 200m T12 Semifinal 3. 12 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150818154014/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM212203.pdf. 18 August 2015.
7. Web site: Men's 200m T12 Final. 12 August 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150818154016/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM212101.pdf. 18 August 2015. 15 August 2017.