Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T13 explained

Event:Men's 100 metres T13
Games:2020 Summer
Venue:Tokyo National Stadium
Dates:29 August 2021
Competitors:17
Nations:15
Gold:Jason Smyth
Goldnpc:IRL
Silver:Skander Djamil Athmani
Silvernpc:ALG
Bronze:Jean Carlos Mina Aponzá
Bronzenpc:COL
Prev:2016

The men's 100 metres T13 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 29 August 2021.

The event was won for the fourth consecutive time by the legendary Irish T13 athlete Jason Smyth in his final Games.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]

AreaTimeAthleteNation
Africa 10.54
America 10.69
Asia 11.03
Europe 10.46
Oceania 10.83

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 29 August 2021, at 12:28:[2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 7 10.59 ,
2 8 10.90
3 5 10.97 ,
4 3 11.14
5 4 11.52
6 6 11.72

Heat 2 took place on 29 August 2021, at 12:35:[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 6 10.74 ,
2 7 10.86 ,
3 3 11.36
4 5 11.48
5 4

Heat 3 took place on 29 August 2021, at 12:42:[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 7 11.03 ,
2 5 11.08
3 8 11.18
4 4 11.21
5 6 12.24
6 3 WPA 17.8

Final

The final took place on 29 August 2021, at 19:53:[5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
6 10.53
7 10.54
8 10.64
4 4 10.83
5 9 10.84
6 5 10.93
7 2 11.02
8 3 11.08

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Records – World Para Athletics. 26 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Heat 1 results. 28 August 2021. 29 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829095559/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM100M----13010-----RND1000100--.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: Heat 2 results. 28 August 2021. 29 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829095602/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM100M----13010-----RND1000200--.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Heat 3 results. 28 August 2021. 29 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829095600/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM100M----13010-----RND1000300--.pdf. dead.
  5. Web site: Final results. 28 August 2021. 29 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829110022/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM100M----13010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.