Athletics at the 2015 Parapan American Games – Men's 100 metres T47 explained

Event:	Athletics – Men's 100 metres T47
Games:	2015
Venue:	CIBC Athletics Stadium
Dates:	August 10
Competitors:	14
Nations:	8
Gold:	Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos
Silver:	Raciel Gonzalez
Bronze:	Yohansson do Nascimento Ferreira
Goldnoc:	BRA
Silvernoc:	CUB
Bronzenoc:	BRA
Prev:	2011
Next:	2019

The men's T47 (including T45 and T46 athletes) 100 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Parapan American Games was held on August 10 at the CIBC Athletics Stadium. The defending T46 Parapan American Games champion was Yohansson Nascimento of Brazil.^[1]

Records

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

T45

World record		10.94	London, Great Britain	6 September 2012^[2]
Americas Record		10.94	London, Great Britain	6 September 2012
Parapan Am Record		11.08	Guadalajara, Mexico	15 November 2011

T46/T47

World record		10.72	Barcelona, Spain	6 September 1992
Americas Record		10.81	Fortaleza, Brazil	15 November 2014
Parapan Am Record		11.03	Guadalajara, Mexico	14 November 2011

Broken Records

T46/T47

Americas Record		10.77	Toronto, Canada	10 August 2015^[3]
Parapan Am Record		10.77	Toronto, Canada	10 August 2015

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Round
10 August	17:02	Semifinal 1^[4]
10 August	17:07	Semifinal 2
10 August	20:32	Final

Results

Athletes are classified T47 unless indicated.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 three from each heat and next two overall fastest qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

Wind +0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[5]	Notes
	Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos		11.03	Q, =PR
	Jesul Viveros		11.35	Q
	Braian Villarreal		11.64	Q, T46
	Jack Briggs		11.67	q
	Ever Caceres		11.92
	Renny Pacheco		11.92
	Wemerson de la Rosa		12.00	T46

Semifinal 2

Wind +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[6]	Notes
	Raciel Gonzalez		10.95	Q, PR, T46
	Yohansson do Nascimento Ferreira		11.17	Q, T46
	Dion Townsend-Roberts		11.38	Q, PB, T46
	Samuel Colmenares		11.42	q, PB
	Matias Pubebla		11.87	PB, T46
	Tevaughn Thomas		12.00	PB, T46
	Raul Perez		13.50	T45

Final

Wind +0.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[7]	Notes
	Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos		10.77	AR
	Raciel Gonzalez		11.00	T46
	Yohansson do Nascimento Ferreira		11.12	SB, T46
	Samuel Colmenares		11.42
	Dion Townsend-Roberts		11.42	T46
	Jesul Viveros		11.45
	Braian Villarreal		11.59	T46
	Jack Briggs		11.73

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guadalajara 2011 Men's 100m T46 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: Athletics-Broken Records. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150824212141/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/en/athletics/broken-records.htm. 24 August 2015.
4. Web site: Men's 100m T47 Start List. 9 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150811174456/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C51B_ATM130200.pdf. 11 August 2015.
5. Web site: Men's 100m T47 Semifinal 1. 10 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150811174500/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM130201.pdf. 11 August 2015.
6. Web site: Men's 100m T47 Semifinal 2. 10 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150811174502/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM130202.pdf. 11 August 2015.
7. Web site: Men's 100m T47 Final. 10 August 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150811174504/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM130101.pdf. 11 August 2015. 5 August 2017.