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

Men's 100 metres T54
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates1 September 2021 (final)
Competitors18 from 13 nations
Winning time13.76
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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Men's 100 metres
T11 · T12 · T13 · T33 · T34 · T35 · T36 · T37 · T38 · T47 · T51 · T52 · T53 · T54 · T63 · T64

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 Vun van  Cambodia 14.39 Q, PB
3 6 Liu Yang  China 14.47 SB
4 4 Jaenal Aripin  Indonesia 14.53 SB
5 3 Luke Bailey  Australia 14.55
6 8 Esa-Pekka Mattila  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 Hu Yang  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 Tomoki Ikoma  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 Zhang Ying  China 13.95 Q, PB
3 4 Kenny van Weeghel  Netherlands 14.17 q, SB
4 6 Gabriel Emmanuel Sosa  Argentina 15.08
5 8 Malang Tamba  The Gambia 18.26
6 5 Stas Nazaryan  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 Zhang Ying  China 14.04
5 2 Sam Carter  Australia 14.08 SB
6 9 Hu Yang  China 14.09
7 8 Vun van  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). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Heat 3 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.