Athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T20

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Men's 100 metres T20
at the XI Paralympic Games
Venue Stadium Australia
Competitors19 from 12 nations
Winning time10.85
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg José Antonio Exposito Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg Juan Lopez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bronze medal icon.svg Andrew Newell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia

The men's 100 metres T20 took place at the Stadium Australia.

Contents

The T20 category is for athletes who have an intellectual disability such as autism. The race consisted of three heats and the seven fastest runners competed in the final. [1]

Results

Heat 1

Qualified for final round
RankAthleteTimeNotes
1Flag of Spain.svg  José Antonio Exposito  (ESP)11.00
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Nigel Bourne  (GBR)11.27
3Flag of Australia.svg  Dean Turner  (AUS)11.48
4Flag of Portugal.svg  Lenine Cunha  (POR)11.49
5Flag of South Africa.svg  Johannes Nkosi  (RSA)11.62
6Flag of Estonia.svg  Sergei Dikun  (EST)12.01

Heat 2

RankAthleteTimeNotes
1Flag of Spain.svg  Juan Lopez  (ESP)10.93
2Flag of Australia.svg  Andrew Newell  (AUS)11.08
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Sandor Ponyori  (HUN)11.11
4Flag of Japan.svg  Hitoshi Miyakawa  (JPN)11.29
5Flag of Poland.svg  Tomasz Smokowski  (POL)11.33
6Flag of South Africa.svg  Thembisile Ngcwangu  (RSA)11.35
7Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Chan Fu Sang  (HKG)11.36

Heat 3

RankAthleteTimeNotes
1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Wissam Ben Bahri  (TUN)11.31
2Flag of Portugal.svg  Silvino Veiga  (POR)11.42
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Sandro Alex Santos  (BRA)11.73
4Flag of South Africa.svg  Clifford Khanye  (RSA)11.78
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Taysir Al Wahal  (KSA)DNF
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Allan Stuart  (GBR)DNS

Final

RankAthleteTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  José Antonio Exposito  (ESP)10.85
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Juan Lopez  (ESP)10.92
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Andrew Newell  (AUS)11.11
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Sandor Ponyori  (HUN)11.17
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Nigel Bourne  (GBR)11.20
6Flag of Tunisia.svg  Wissam Ben Bahri  (TUN)11.26
7Flag of Portugal.svg  Silvino Veiga  (POR)11.34
8Flag of Japan.svg  Hitoshi Miyakawa  (JPN)11.39

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References

  1. "Men's 100m T20 Results". www.paralympic.org. 27 October 2018.