Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metres T53

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Athletics at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
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F51
Discus throw   men women
Club throw   men
T52/F52
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
Marathon men
Shot put   men women
Discus throw   men women
Javelin throw   men women
T53/F53
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
T54/F54
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1,500 m men women
5,000 m men women
Marathon men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
F55/F56
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
F57/F58
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Relay event
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men

The Men's 200m T53 had its competition held on September 13 with the first round at 12:31 and the Final at 20:35.

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Medalists

Chinese athlete Shiran Yu won with 26.64 seconds. Shiran Yu.jpg
Chinese athlete Shiran Yu won with 26.64 seconds.
Gold Shiran Yu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Silver Richard Colman
Flag of Australia.svg Australia
Bronze Suk-Man Hong
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea

Results

Place Athlete Round 1 Final
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Shiran Yu  (CHN) 26.79 Q 26.64
2 Flag of Australia.svg  Richard Colman  (AUS) 26.80 Q 26.71
3 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Suk-Man Hong  (KOR) 27.02 Q 26.87
4 Flag of the United States.svg  Josh George  (USA) 26.81 Q 26.98
5 Flag of Canada.svg  Brent Lakatos  (CAN) 27.42 q 27.44
6 Flag of Kuwait.svg  Hamad Aladwani  (KUW) 27.74 q 27.67
7 Flag of Venezuela.svg  Jesus Aguilar  (VEN) 27.96 Q 27.86
8 Flag of France.svg  Pierre Fairbank  (FRA) 28.27 Q 27.94
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mickey Bushell  (GBR) 27.85
10 Flag of Russia.svg  Sergey Shilov  (RUS) 28.02
11 Flag of Thailand.svg  Pichet Krungget  (THA) 28.03
12 Flag of Brazil.svg  Ariosvaldo Silva  (BRA) 28.56
13 Flag of Thailand.svg  Sopa Intasen  (THA) 28.58
14 Flag of Mexico.svg  Jaime Ramirez  (MEX) 28.72
15 Flag of Canada.svg  Eric Gauthier  (CAN) 28.75

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