Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metres T37

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Men's 200 metres T37
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates
  • 3 September 2021 (heats)
  • 4 September 2021 (final)
Competitors13 from 10 nations
Winning time21.91
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nick Mayhugh  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andrey Vdovin  RPC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ricardo Gomes de Mendonça  Brazil
2016
2024

The men's 200 metres T37 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place between 3 and 4 September 2021.

The T37 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes have movement and coordination problems on one half of their body. They have good ability in their dominant side of their body (ie hemiplegia).

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]

World Record  Andrey Vdovin (RUS) 22.59 Doha, Qatar 22 October 2015
Paralympic Record  Roman Kapranov (RUS) 23.10 London, United Kingdom 31 August 2012
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 22.99 Fanie van der Merwe  South Africa
America 22.77 Vítor Antônio de Jesus  Brazil
Asia 22.70 Shang Guangxu  China
Europe 22.59 WR Andrey Vdovin  Russia
Oceania 25.75 Mitchell Christiansen  Australia

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1 took place on 3 September, at 20:12:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Nick Mayhugh  United States 22.26 Q, WR
2 4 Chermen Kobesov  RPC 23.19 Q, SB
3 8 Saptoyoga Purnomo  Indonesia 23.41 Q, PB
4 3 Charl du Toit  South Africa 24.04
5 7 Yaroslav Okapinskyi  Ukraine 24.15 PB
6 5 Vítor Antônio de Jesus  Brazil 24.79 SB

Heat 2 took place on 3 September, at 20:19:[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Andrey Vdovin  RPC 22.94 Q, SB
2 3 Ricardo Gomes de Mendonça  Brazil 22.96 Q, PB
3 4 Michał Kotkowski  Poland 23.29 Q, PB
4 8 Ali Alnakhli  Saudi Arabia 23.35 q, PB
5 6 Christian Gabriel Luis da Costa  Brazil 23.80 q
6 5 Brian Lionel Impellizzeri  Argentina 24.48 PB
7 2 David Pleitez  El Salvador 26.10 SB

Final

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The final took place on 4 September, at 10:27:[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Nick Mayhugh  United States 21.91 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Andrey Vdovin  RPC 22.24 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Ricardo Gomes de Mendonça  Brazil 22.62 PB
4 7 Chermen Kobesov  RPC 22.85 PB
5 9 Michał Kotkowski  Poland 23.12 PB
6 8 Saptoyoga Purnomo  Indonesia 23.27 PB
7 3 Ali Alnakhli  Saudi Arabia 23.29 PB
8 2 Christian Gabriel Luis da Costa  Brazil 23.49

References

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  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.