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Samoa at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
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Samoa participated in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from August 29 to September 9.[1]
The country was represented by two athletes, both in track and field.[2] They did not qualify for the Games and received a wild card invitation to compete.[3] Sprinter Milo Toleafoa was the country's flag-bearer during the Games' opening ceremony.[4]
Samoa did not win a medal at these Games.
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Athletics
Milo Toleafoa competed in the men's 400m T38 (cerebral palsy, with a comparatively low level of disability).[2] Toleafoa is a T37 athlete, with a somewhat greater level of disability, but there was no specific T37 event in the 400 metres.[5] Toleafoa was the flag bearer for the opening ceremonies.[6] In heat 2, he finished fourth out of five, in 1:09.97 - almost fifteen seconds behind the top three athletes, but more than four seconds ahead of Timor-Leste's Filomeno Soares.[7]
Leitu Viliamu competed in the women's shot put F42-44 (lower limb amputee). She is a T42 athlete, with a greater degree of disability than some of the other competitors, but this is factored into the scoring.[2] Her best throw was 5.32 metres, earning her 257 points; she finished a distant sixth and last.[8]
Men's track and road events
Women's field events
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