Guinea-Bissau at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Guinea-Bissau, a country in West Africa, first participated in a Summer Olympics at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, United States.[1] They participated on five occasions up to and including the 2012 Summer Olympics in London but failed to win any medals along the way.[1]

Members representing Guinea-Bissau joined the International Paralympic Committee in 1997, but did not attend the IPC General Assembly that year.[2][3] However, the nation made did not make its Paralympic debut until the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.[4]

Cesar Lopes Cardoso started competing in athletics in 2003.[5] He competed in the men's T46 400 metres, aged 31.[6] The T46 classification is an athlete who has, "Upper limb/s affected by limb deficiency, impaired muscle power or impaired range of movement."[7] In the event, Lopes Cardoso was drawn in heat one, a heat containing eventual gold medalist Günther Matzinger of Austria.[8] Lopes Cardoso ran a time of 55.08 seconds, a season's best for him, to finish last in the seven-man heat.[8] He was 5.17 seconds behind the heat winner, Matzinger, and 3.56 seconds behind the second-last finisher, Russian Alexey Kotlov.[8] Lopes Cardoso's was the slowest overall in the heat round and he did not progress to the final.[8]

Ussumane Cande was due to compete in two event at the 2012 Paralympics, the women's T46 100 metres and the women's T46 400 metres.[9] In the 100 metres, Cande raced in heat two on 4 September 2012.[10] In her race, Cande had a time 14.87 seconds, to finish last in her heat of six women.[10] Cande was 2.05 seconds behind the heat winner, Wang Yanping of China.[10] Cande's time was faster than only one other athlete in the heat round, Nepalese Maiya Bisunkhe who ran a time of 16.48 seconds.[10] Cande did not qualify for the final.[10] In the 400 metres, Cande was due to race in the final (the event had no heats) but did not; it was won by Cuban Yunidis Castillo.[11]

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