Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T54

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Men's 100 metres T54
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates1 September 2021
Competitors18 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Athiwat Paeng-nuea  Thailand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Leo-Pekka Tähti  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Juan Pablo Cervantes García  Mexico
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The men's 100 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 1 September 2021.

The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

Records[]

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

World Record  Leo-Pekka Tähti (FIN) 13.63 London, United Kingdom 1 September 2012
Paralympic Record  Leo-Pekka Tähti (FIN) 13.63 London, United Kingdom 1 September 2012
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 14.22 Raphael Botsyo Nkegbe  Ghana
America 13.99 Juan Pablo Cervantes Garcia  Mexico
Asia 13.77 Liu Yang  China
Europe 13.63 WR Leo-Pekka Tähti  Finland
Oceania 13.94 Sam Carter  Australia

Results[]

Heats[]

Heat 1 took place on 1 September 2021, at 11:43:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Athiwat Paeng-nuea  Thailand 14.00 Q
2 5  Cambodia 14.39 Q, PB
3 6 Liu Yang  China 14.47 SB
4 4  Indonesia 14.53 SB
5 3 Luke Bailey  Australia 14.55
6 8  Finland 14.71

Heat 2 took place on 1 September 2021, at 11:50:[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Juan Pablo Cervantes García  Mexico 13.85 Q, AR
2 7  China 13.96 Q, PB
3 8 Sam Carter  Australia 14.19 q, SB
4 6 Erik Hightower  United States 14.33
5 4 Saichon Konjen  Thailand 14.39 SB
6 3  Japan 14.50

Heat 3 took place on 1 September 2021, at 11:57:[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Leo-Pekka Tähti  Finland 13.81 Q
2 7  China 13.95 Q, PB
3 4 Kenny van Weeghel  Netherlands 14.17 q, SB
4 6  Argentina 15.08
5 8   18.26
6 5  Armenia 18.76 PB

Final[]

The final took place on 1 September 2021, at 19:30:[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Athiwat Paeng-nuea  Thailand 13.76 AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Leo-Pekka Tähti  Finland 13.85
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Juan Pablo Cervantes García  Mexico 13.87
4 6  China 14.04
5 2 Sam Carter  Australia 14.08 SB
6 9  China 14.09
7 8  Cambodia 14.21 PB
8 3 Kenny van Weeghel  Netherlands 14.53

References[]

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Heat 3 results" (PDF). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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