Athletics at the 2015 Parapan American Games – Men's 200 metres T47 explained

Event:	Athletics – Men's 200 metres T47
Games:	2015
Venue:	CIBC Athletics Stadium
Dates:	August 13–14
Competitors:	13
Nations:	8
Gold:	Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos
Silver:	Yohansson do Nascimento Ferreira
Bronze:	Ernesto Blanco
Goldnoc:	BRA
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronzenoc:	CUB
Prev:	2011
Next:	2019

The men's T47 (including T45 and T46 athletes) 200 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Parapan American Games was held between August 13 and 14 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		21.91	Lyon, France	22 July 2013
Americas record		21.91	Lyon, France	22 July 2013
Parapan record		22.34	Guadalajara, Mexico	17 November 2011^[2]

T47

World record		21.49	Sao Paulo, Brazil	24 April 2015
Americas record		21.49	Sao Paulo, Brazil	24 April 2015
Parapan record		22.54	Guadalajara, Mexico	17 November 2011

Broken records

T46

Parapan Am record

22.36

Toronto, Canada

13 August 2015^[3]

T47

Parapan Am record

21.51

Toronto, Canada

14 August 2015

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Round
13 August	17:06	Semifinal 1^[4]
13 August	17:12	Semifinal 2
14 August	16:58	Final

Results

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

Semifinal 1

Wind: -2.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[5]	Notes
	Raciel Gonzalez		22.36	Q, PR, T46
	Yohansson do Nascimento Ferreira		22.66	Q, T46
	Ernesto Blanco		22.67	Q, T46
	Shane Blanco		22.81	q, PB
	Jack Hudson		23.89
	Ever Caceres		24.94

Semifinal 2

Wind: -1.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[6]	Notes
	Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos		22.06	Q, PR
	Ettiam Calderon		22.97	Q
	Samuel Colmenares		23.26	Q
	David Bascoe		23.76	q, T46
	Braian Villarreal		24.13	T46
	Wemerson de la Rosa		24.48	T46
	Raul Perez		did not start	T45

Final

Wind: -1.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[7]	Notes
	Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos		21.51	PR
	Yohansson do Nascimento Ferreira		22.11	SB, T46
	Ernesto Blanco		22.28	T46
	Raciel Gonzalez		22.28	T46
	Ettiam Calderon		22.84
	Shane Hudson		22.90
	Samuel Colmenares		23.10	SB
	David Bascoe		did not start	T46

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guadalajara 2011 Men's 200m T46 Medalists. 17 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 200m T47 Start List. 12 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150818154032/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C51B_ATM241200.pdf. 18 August 2015.
5. Web site: Men's 200m T47 Semifinal 1. 13 August 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150818010101/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM241201.pdf. 18 August 2015.
6. Web site: Men's 200m T47 Semifinal 2. 13 August 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150818010101/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM241202.pdf. 18 August 2015.
7. Web site: Men's 200m T47 Final. 14 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150818154040/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM241101.pdf. 18 August 2015.