Wheelchair racing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races
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Wheelchair racing at the 2000 Summer Olympics featured as a demonstration event within the athletics programme on 28 September 2000. There were two events, an 800 m race for women and a 1500 m race for men. Medals were not awarded, as the sport was not part of the official competition.

Men's 1500 m wheelchair[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Saúl Mendoza	Mexico	3:06.75	OR
	Claude Issorat	France	3:07.65
	Heinz Frei	Switzerland	3:07.82
4	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	3:08.27
5	Jeff Adams	Canada	3:08.95
6	Scot Hollonbeck	United States	3:09.15
7	Ernst van Dyk	South Africa	3:12.35
8	John Maclean	Australia	—	DNF

Women's 800 m wheelchair[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Louise Sauvage	Australia	1:56.07
	Wakako Tsuchida	Japan	1:56.49
	Ariadne Hernández	Mexico	1:56.59
4	Tanni Grey	Great Britain	1:56.86
5	Cheri Becerra	United States	1:57.19
6	Chantal Petitclerc	Canada	1:57.22
7	Lily Anggreny	Germany	1:57.63
8		Sweden	1:57.82

See also[]

• Athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

References[]

• Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Wheelchair. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-11.
• Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Wheelchair. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-11.
• Track and field results. ESPN/Associated Press. Retrieved on 2014-05-11.