Athletics at the 1992 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres B2

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Men's 100 metres B2
at the IX Paralympic Games
Athletics - Paralympic pictogram.svg
Paralympic Athletics
Competitors25 from 18 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Marcelino Paz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg Omar Turro Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Bronze medal icon.svg Miroslaw Pych Flag of Poland.svg  Poland

The Men's 100 metres B2 was a track event in athletics at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, for visually impaired athletes. It consisted of five heats, two semi-finals and a final. [1]

Athletics at the 1992 Summer Paralympics consisted of 214 events, 152 for men and 62 for women. Because of a tie for third place in the men's high jump B2 event, a total of 215 bronze medals were awarded.

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Results

First Round

Heat 1

PlaceAthleteTime
1Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kouichi Takada  (JPN)12:13
2Paralympic flag (1988-1994).svg  Andrei Makarov  (EUN)12:57
3Flag of Australia.svg  Edward Holicky  (AUS)12:65
4Flag of the United States.svg  Chris Piper  (USA)12:67
-Flag of Germany.svg  Ingo Geffers  (GER)DNS

Heat 2

PlaceAthleteTime
1Flag of Spain.svg  Marcelino Paz  (ESP)11:56
2Flag of the United States.svg  Andre Asbury  (USA)11:80
3Flag of Poland.svg  Miroslaw Pych  (POL)11:84
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Peter Wallin  (SWE)11:86
5Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Ciacio  (ITA)12:47

Heat 3

PlaceAthleteTime
1Flag of Cuba.svg  Omar Turro  (CUB)11:76
2Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  František Gödri  (TCH)12:02
3Flag of Kenya.svg  Barack Ochieng  (KEN)12:03
4Flag of Spain.svg  Juan Viedma  (ESP)12:10
5Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg  Khaled Darraj  (BRN)13:19

Heat 4

PlaceAthleteTime
1Flag of Germany.svg  Holger Geffers  (GER)11:68
2Flag of Spain.svg  Jorge Núñez  (ESP)11:82
3Flag of Malaysia.svg  Mohamad Othman  (MAS)11:97
4Flag of Kenya.svg  Peter Githu  (KEN)13:08
5Flag of Argentina.svg  Miguel Cibelli  (ARG)13:16

Heat 5

PlaceAthleteTime
1Flag of Austria.svg  Kurt Prall  (AUT)11:88
2Flag of Australia.svg  Mark Davies  (AUS)11:99
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mark Whiteley  (GBR)12:23
4Flag of the United States.svg  Corey Watson  (USA)12:55
5Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Cristian Petersen  (CRC)13:20

Semi-Final

Heat 1

PlaceAthleteTime
1Flag of Germany.svg  Holger Geffers  (GER)11:65
2Flag of Cuba.svg  Omar Turro  (CUB)11:68
3Flag of Spain.svg  Jorge Núñez  (ESP)11:81
4Flag of the United States.svg  Andre Asbury  (USA)11:82
5Flag of Malaysia.svg  Mohamad Othman  (MAS)11:99

Heat 2

PlaceAthleteTime
1Flag of Spain.svg  Marcelino Paz  (ESP)11:37
2Flag of Poland.svg  Miroslaw Pych  (POL)11:70
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Peter Wallin  (SWE)11:79
4Flag of Austria.svg  Kurt Prall  (AUT)11:82
5Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kouichi Takada  (JPN)11:79

Final

PlaceAthleteTime
1Flag of Spain.svg  Marcelino Paz  (ESP)11:26
2Flag of Cuba.svg  Omar Turro  (CUB)11:63
3Flag of Poland.svg  Miroslaw Pych  (POL)11:66
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Peter Wallin  (SWE)11:79
5Flag of Germany.svg  Holger Geffers  (GER)12:30

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