Athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

2000 Summer Paralympics

The 2000 Paralympic Games were held in Sydney, Australia, from 18 October to 29 October. The eleventh Summer Paralympic Games, an estimated 3800 athletes took part in the Sydney programme. They commenced with the opening ceremony on 18 October 2000...

comprised a total of 234 events, 165 for men and 69 for women. Athletes were classified according to the extent and type of their disability.

• Classes 11-13: visually impaired athletes
• Class 20: intellectually disabled athletes
• Classes 32-38: athletes with cerebral palsy
  Cerebral palsy
  Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
  
  ; classes 32 to 34 competed while in wheelchair
  Wheelchair
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• Classes 42-46: amputees and those with other disabilities (les autres)
• Classes 51-58: athletes with spinal cord disabilities; these classes competed while in wheelchairs

Class numbers were preceded by a "T" for track events, an "F" for field events, and a "P" for the pentathlon

Pentathlon

A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...

. Lower class numbers corresponded to more severe disability. An exception to this classification scheme arose for athletes with severe cerebal palsy competing in field events; there were no F32 events, so athletes from this category instead competed in class F51 against athletes with spinal cord disabilities.

Men's events

100 m T11
100 m T12
100 m T13
100 m T20
100 m T34
100 m T35
100 m T36
100 m T37
100 m T38
100 m T42
100 m T44
100 m T46
100 m T52
100 m T53
100 m T54
200 m T11
200 m T12
200 m T13
200 m T34
200 m T35
200 m T36
200 m T37
200 m T38
200 m T42
200 m T44
200 m T46
200 m T51
200 m T52
200 m T53
200 m T54
400 m T11
400 m T12
400 m T13
400 m T20
400 m T34
400 m T36
400 m T37
400 m T38
400 m T44
400 m T46
400 m T51
400 m T52
400 m T53
400 m T54
800 m T12
800 m T13
800 m T36
800 m T38
800 m T44
800 m T46
800 m T51
800 m T52
800 m T53
800 m T54
1500 m T11
1500 m T12
1500 m T13
1500 m T20
1500 m T36
1500 m T37
1500 m T46
1500 m T51
1500 m T52
1500 m T54
5000 m T11
5000 m T12
5000 m T13
5000 m T38
5000 m T46
5000 m T52
5000 m T54
10000 m T11
10000 m T12
10000 m T54
Marathon T11 Athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics - Men's marathon T11 The Men's marathon T11 was a marathon event in athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, for totally blind athletes. Defending champion Harumi Yanagawa of Japan took part, as did 1992 gold medallist Carlo Durante of Italy, and 1988 gold medallist Joerund Gaasemyr or Norway, holder of the...
Marathon T12
Marathon T13
Marathon T46
Marathon T51
Marathon T52
Marathon T54
4×100 m relay T13	Matteo Tassetti  Aldo Manganaro Aldo Manganaro Aldo Manganaro is a paralympic athlete from Italy competing mainly in category T13 sprint events.Aldo has competed at five Paralympics winning a total of nine medals. He first competed in the 1988 Summer Paralympics where he took part in both the long and triple jump and won a bronze medal in the...   Mauro Porpora  Lorenzo Ricci Lorenzo Ricci (athlete) Lorenzo Ricci is a paralympic athlete from Italy competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.Lorenzo competed in the 100m and 200m at both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics winning a gold medal in the T11 100m in 2000. He also won a gold as part of the Italian 4x100m for T13 in...	Shigeki Yano Shigeki Yano is a paralympic athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.Shigeki competed in the 100m and 200m at three consecutive Paralympics in 1996, 2000 and 2004, however he only won one medal and that was a silver medal as part of the Japanese 4x100m relay team in 2000. -references:...   Tadashi Hoshino Tadashi Hoshino is a paralympic athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T13 sprint events.Tadashi competed in both the 100m and 200m at the 2000 Summer Paralympics but it was as part of the Japanese 4x100m relay team that he won a silver medal. -references:...   Koji Saito Koji Saito (athlete) is a paralympic athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.Koji competed in the 100m and 4x100m in the 2000 Summer Paralympics winning a silver medal with his team mates in the 4x100m. He also competed in the 100m and 200m in 2004 but was unable to medal in either event....   Koichi Takada Koichi Takada is a paralympic athlete from Japan competing mainly in category F11 long jump and T11 sprint events.Koichi competed in three Paralympics, his first in 1992 he won a bronze medal in the B3 long jump. After missing the 1996 games he again competed in 2000 in the long jump and 100m but won a silver...	Juan Antonio Prieto  Enrique Sanchez-Guijo  Juan Viedma  Julio Requena
4×100 m relay T38	Darren Thrupp Darren Thrupp Darren Thrupp is a Paralympian athlete from Australia competing mainly in category T37 sprint events. Thrupp has competed in five paralmpics winning at least one gold medal at each. His first medals at the Games were in 1992 when he won a gold medal in the C7-8 long jump, he followed this up in...   Adrian Grogan Adrian Grogan Adrian Grogan is a Paralympic athletics competitor from New South Wales, Australia. He won two gold medals, while setting world records in both, at the 2000 Sydney Games in the men's 4x100m relay and the men's 4x400m relay in the T38 category.-References:...   Kieran Ault-Connell Kieran Ault-Connell Kieran Ault-Connell is a wheelchair race from Victoria, Australia. He won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the men's 4 x 100m relay T38 and another gold medal in the 4 x 400m relay T38 event. In the process, he set two world records.-References:...   Timothy Sullivan	Stephen Payton Stephen Payton Stephen Payton is a Paralympian athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in category T38 sprint events.Stephen has competed in four paralymipcs, his first and most succseful was in 1996 where he had a clean sweep of the T37 sprint events, winning gold in 100m,200m and 400m as well as winning a...   Michael Churm Michael Churm Michael Churm is a paralympic athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in category T37 sprint events.Mark has competed in the sprint evetns at two Paralympics, firstly in 2000 Summer Paralympics where he competed in the T37 100m and then won a silver medal with his team mates in the T38 4x100m...   Lloyd Upsdell Lloyd Upsdell Lloyd Upsdell is a Paralympian athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in category T35 sprint events.Lloyd competed successfully at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Athens taking gold in both the T25 100m and 200m before combining with his British team mates to win a silver medal in the T38 Relay...   Stephen Cooper Stephen Cooper (athlete) Stephen Cooper is a paralympic athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in category T38 middle distance events.Stephen competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics where he won a bronze medal in the T38 800m and a silver medal as part of the 4x100m team. Four years later he returned to the 2004...   Stephen Herbert Stephen Herbert Stephen Herbert is a paralympic athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in category T37 sprint events.Stephen competed in the 100m and 200m at the 2000 Summer Paralympics he also competed as part of the silver medal winning British T38 4x100m relay team.-References:...	Wa Wai So  Kwok Pang Chao  Shing Chung Chan  Yiu Cheung Cheung
4×100 m relay T46	Stephen Wilson  Neil Fuller Neil Fuller Neil Fuller OAM is an Australian athlete, Paralympic competitor, and amputee.During his youth, Neil was an ambitious soccer player, gaining a position playing at state level for South Australia...   Tim Matthews Tim Matthews Tim Matthews is a British actor who began his career in Fuente Ovejuna at the National Theatre in London and after several other stage jobs found his first television appearance in a supporting role in the premiere episode of Five Children and It in 1991.From 2001 till 2007 he played the role of...   Heath Francis Heath Francis Heath Francis is an Australian athlete who has participated in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics. At the 2008 Beijing Paralympics he became the first arm amputee athlete to win the sprint treble at a Paralympics, a feat he accomplished 2 years earlier at the 2006 IPC World...	Sebastien Barc Sebastien Barc Sebastien Barc is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category T46 sprint events.Sebastien has competed at two paralympics first in Sydney in 2000 and then in Athens in 2004. On both occasions he competed in the 100m and 200m and was part of both the 4x100m and 4x400m French...   Serge Ornem Serge Ornem Serge Ornem is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category T46 sprint events.Serge has competed in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics always in the T46 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. He has been part of the silver medal winning relay teams in both the 2000 and 2004...   Dominique Andre Dominique Andre Dominique Andre is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category T44 sprint events.Dominique has competed at two paralympics, in 2000 and in 2004. On both occasions he as competed in the 100m and 200m but it has been for his part in the French relay teams that he has won his medals...   Xavier le Draoullec Xavier le Draoullec Xavier le Draoullec is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category F44 long jump events.Xavier first competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in the long jump and pentathlon, as well as winning a bronze and silver medal as part of the French relay teams in the 4x400m and 4x100m...	Martin Horn Martin Horn Martin Horn is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T44 sprint events.Martin competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in the 100m, 200m and long jump but it was in the 2000 Summer Paralympics he won his only medal. There he competed in the 100m and was part of both the...   Georg Meyer Georg Meyer (athlete) Georg Meyer is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T/F46 events.Georg competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in the 200m, javelin and high jump. He also a part of the German team in the T46 4x400m and the bronze medal winning 4x400m team.-References:...   Marcus Ehm Marcus Ehm Marcus Ehm is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T44 sprint events.Marcus competed in all the individual T44 sprint and relay events in the 2000 Summer Paralympics winning a silver in the 400m and bronze medals in the 200m and 4the 4x400m...   Reinhold Boetzel Reinhold Boetzel Reinhold Boetzel is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F46 high jump and long jump events.Despite competing in the high jump and long jump events at both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics it was as part of the German 4x100m rely team in the T46 class in 2000 that...
4×100 m relay T54	Sopa Intasen  Supachai Koysub Supachai Koysub Supachai Koysub is an athlete and Paralympian from Thailand competing mainly in category T54 sprint events.He competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia...   Ampai Sualuang  Prasitdhi Thongchuen	John Lindsay John Lindsay (athlete) John Lindsay was an Australian Paralympic competitor. He won a gold medal in the men's athletics 100 metres T52 event the 1996 Summer Paralympics with a time of 15.22, and a silver medal in the 200 metres T52 event with a time of 27.38. He won a bronze medal in the 400 metres T52 event with a...   Paul Nunnari Paul Nunnari Paul Nunnari is a Paralympic athletics competitor from New South Wales, Australia. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the men's 4x100m relay T54 event.-References:...   Kurt Fearnley Kurt Fearnley Kurt Fearnley OAM is an Australian wheelchair racer, who competes at the Olympic level. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he finished 5th in the demonstration sport of Men's 1500m wheelchair...   Geoff Trappett Geoff Trappett Geoff Trappett is a Paralympic athletics competitor from Queensland, Australia. He won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the men's 100m T54 event and a silver medal in the men's 4x100m relay T54 event.-References:...	Jeff Adams Jeff Adams Jeff Adams is a Canadian Paralympian and a six-time world champion in wheelchair sports. He has competed at six consecutive Summer Paralympics from 1988 to 2008, winning a total of three gold, four silver, and six bronze medals...   Barry Patriquin Barry Patriquin Barry Patriquin is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T53 sprint events.Barry twice competed in the Paralympics, firstly in 2000 where he competed in the 100m and won a bronze medal as part of the Canadian 4x100m relay team in the class T54 relay...   Mathieu Blanchette Mathieu Blanchette Mathieu Blanchette is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T54 lond distance events.Although Mathieu is a long distance racer and competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in the 5000m and 10000m his only medal, a bronze, came as part of the Canadian 4x100m relay in the same...   Mathieu Parent Mathieu Parent Mathieu Parent is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events.Mathieu competed in six events at the 2000 Summer Paralympics covering the 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, and both relays. His only medal success came in the 4x100m relay where the Canadian team...
4×400 m relay T13	Carlos Lopes  Jose Alves Jose Alves Jose Alves is a Paralympic athlete from Portugal. He mainly competes in category T13 sprint events.He competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia...   Jose Gameiro Jose Gameiro Jose Gameiro is a Paralympic athlete from Portugal competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.He competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia...   Gabriel Potra Gabriel Potra Gabriel Potra is a Paralympian athlete from Portugal. He mainly competes in category T12 sprint events.He competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia...	Cesar Carlavilla  Pedro Delgado  Luis Bullido Luis Bullido Luis Bullido is a Paralympian athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.Luis has competed in three paralympic games, the first in 1996 Summer Paralympics he only competed in the 400m. In the 2000 Summer Paralympics he competed in the 200m and won silver medals in both the...   Ignacio Avila Ignacio Avila Ignacio Ávila is a Paralympian athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T12 middle distance events.He competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. There he won a silver medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay - T13 event, went out in the first round of the men's 200 metres -...	Viktar Zhukouski  Oleg Chepel  Vasili Shaptsiaboi  Aliaksandr Batsian
4×400 m relay T38	Darren Thrupp Darren Thrupp Darren Thrupp is a Paralympian athlete from Australia competing mainly in category T37 sprint events. Thrupp has competed in five paralmpics winning at least one gold medal at each. His first medals at the Games were in 1992 when he won a gold medal in the C7-8 long jump, he followed this up in...   Adrian Grogan Adrian Grogan Adrian Grogan is a Paralympic athletics competitor from New South Wales, Australia. He won two gold medals, while setting world records in both, at the 2000 Sydney Games in the men's 4x100m relay and the men's 4x400m relay in the T38 category.-References:...   Kieran Ault-Connell Kieran Ault-Connell Kieran Ault-Connell is a wheelchair race from Victoria, Australia. He won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the men's 4 x 100m relay T38 and another gold medal in the 4 x 400m relay T38 event. In the process, he set two world records.-References:...   Timothy Sullivan	Lamouri Rahmouni Lamouri Rahmouni Lamouri Rahmouni is a paralympic athlete from France competing mainly in category T37 sprint events.Lamouri has competed in four paralympics winning a total of three medals in two of those games. His two unsuccessful games were his first and last, 1992 when he competed in the 400m, 800m and 1500m...   Pedro Zamorano Pedro Zamorano Pedro Zamorano is a paralympic athlete from France competing mainly in category T37 middle distance events.Pedro competed in the 800m and 1500m at the 2000 Summer Paralympics before helping the French relay team to a silver medal in the 4x400m....   Pierre Francois Corosine Pierre Francois Corosine Pierre Francois Corosine is a paralympic athlete from France competing mainly in category T37 sprints events.Pierre competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in both the 100m and 200m before taking part in both relays winning a silver medal with the French 4x400m relay team for category T38...   Laurent Escurat Laurent Escurat Laurent Escurat is a paralympic athlete from France competing mainly in category T37 sprints events.Laurent competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in both the 100m and 200m before taking part in both relays winning a silver medal with the French 4x400m relay team for category T38...	Shing Chung Chan  Kwok Pang Chao  Wa Wai So  Yiu Cheung Cheung
4×400 m relay T46	Tim Matthews Tim Matthews Tim Matthews is a British actor who began his career in Fuente Ovejuna at the National Theatre in London and after several other stage jobs found his first television appearance in a supporting role in the premiere episode of Five Children and It in 1991.From 2001 till 2007 he played the role of...   Stephen Wilson  Neil Fuller Neil Fuller Neil Fuller OAM is an Australian athlete, Paralympic competitor, and amputee.During his youth, Neil was an ambitious soccer player, gaining a position playing at state level for South Australia...   Heath Francis Heath Francis Heath Francis is an Australian athlete who has participated in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics. At the 2008 Beijing Paralympics he became the first arm amputee athlete to win the sprint treble at a Paralympics, a feat he accomplished 2 years earlier at the 2006 IPC World...	Jose Fernandez  David Barrallo  Juan Martinez  Marcos Francisco Duenas	Sebastien Barc Sebastien Barc Sebastien Barc is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category T46 sprint events.Sebastien has competed at two paralympics first in Sydney in 2000 and then in Athens in 2004. On both occasions he competed in the 100m and 200m and was part of both the 4x100m and 4x400m French...   Xavier Ledraoullec Xavier Ledraoullec Xavier Ledraoullec is a paralympic athlete from France competing mainly in category T44 sprints events.Xavier competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in the T44 400m and F44 long jump before combining with his French team mates to win silver in the 4x100m relay and bronze in the 4x400m...   Emmanuel Lacroix Emmanuel Lacroix Emmanuel Lacroix is a Paralympic athlete from France.Emmanuel Lacroix is one of the few people to have competed in multiple summer and winter paralympics. His paralympic career started in 1988 in the swimming pool, competing in various A8 classification races winning a bronze in the 100m butterfly...   Dominique Andre Dominique Andre Dominique Andre is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category T44 sprint events.Dominique has competed at two paralympics, in 2000 and in 2004. On both occasions he as competed in the 100m and 200m but it has been for his part in the French relay teams that he has won his medals...
4×400 m relay T54	Joel Jeannot Joel Jeannot Joel Jeannot is a French Olympic wheelchair racer. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he finished 7th in the demonstration sport of Men's 1,500 m wheelchair. He also participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics, where he took gold in the 10000 metre race and silver in the 4×400 metre relay...   Charles Tolle Charles Tolle Charles Tolle is a paralympic athlete from France competing mainly in category T53 wheelchair racing events.Charles has competed in 3 Paralympics, winning 3 medals in two games. He first competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics where he competed in the 200m and 400m, and won a gold medal as part of...   Philippe Couprie Philippe Couprie Philippe Couprie is a paralympic athlete from France competing mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events.Phillippe has competed in four Paralympics, winning six medals. His first games were in Seoul in 1988 Summer Paralympics where he competed in the 400m and 5000m as well as winning bronze...   Claude Issorat Claude Issorat Claude Issorat is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category T54 sprint events.Claude is one of the most successful French track and field paralympians with 13 medals, 7 gold, across 4 games. He has medalled in events ranging from 100m up to marathon.-External links:*...	Prasitdhi Thongchuen  Sopa Intasen  Ampai Sualuang  Supachai Koysub Supachai Koysub Supachai Koysub is an athlete and Paralympian from Thailand competing mainly in category T54 sprint events.He competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia...	Steffen Woischnik Steffen Woischnik Steffan Woischnik is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T54 sprint events.Steffan has competed in 2 Paralympics, his first in 1996 he competed in the 100m, 200m and 400m and was part of the German 4x400m relay team...   Drazen Boric Drazen Boric Drazan Boric is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T53 wheelchair racing events.Drazen competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics without winning a medal, he competed in the 800m, 5000m, 10000m and marathon...   Ralph Brunner Ralph Brunner Ralph Bunner is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events.Despite competing in five distances from 400m to marathon and the 4x100m in the 2000 Summer Paralympics it was his part in the German 4x400m team that won Ralph his Paralympic bronze medal...   Robert Figl Robert Figl Robert Figl is a German wheelchair racer, who competes at the Olympic level. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he finished first in the demonstration sport of Men's 1500m wheelchair. However, he did not qualify for the final of the same event at the 2004 Paralympics, after getting involved in a collision...
Club throw F51
Discus F11
Discus F12
Discus F13
Discus F33
Discus F34
Discus F35
Discus F36
Discus F37
Discus F38
Discus F42
Discus F44
Discus F51
Discus F52
Discus F53
Discus F54
Discus F55
Discus F56
Discus F57
Discus F58
High jump F12
High jump F20
High jump F42
High jump F46
Javelin F11
Javelin F12
Javelin F13
Javelin F20
Javelin F33
Javelin F35
Javelin F37
Javelin F42
Javelin F44
Javelin F46
Javelin F52
Javelin F53
Javelin F54
Javelin F55
Javelin F56
Javelin F57
Javelin F58
Long jump F11
Long jump F12
Long jump F13
Long jump F20
Long jump F37
Long jump F42
Long jump F44
Long jump F46
Shot put F11
Shot put F12
Shot put F13
Shot put F20
Shot put F33
Shot put F35
Shot put F36
Shot put F37
Shot put F42
Shot put F44
Shot put F52
Shot put F53
Shot put F54
Shot put F55
Shot put F56
Shot put F57
Shot put F58
Triple jump F11
Triple jump F12
Triple jump F46
Pentathlon P11
Pentathlon P12
Pentathlon P13
Pentathlon P42
Pentathlon P44
Pentathlon P53
Pentathlon P58

Women's events

100 m T12
100 m T20
100 m T34
100 m T36
100 m T37
100 m T38
100 m T44
100 m T46
100 m T52
100 m T53
100 m T54
200 m T11
200 m T12
200 m T20
200 m T34
200 m T36
200 m T38
200 m T44
200 m T46
200 m T52
200 m T53
200 m T54
400 m T11
400 m T34
400 m T36
400 m T38
400 m T46
400 m T52
400 m T53
400 m T54
800 m T12
800 m T20
800 m T52
800 m T53
800 m T54
1500 m T12
1500 m T52
1500 m T54
5000 m T12
5000 m T54
Marathon T54
Discus F12
Discus F13
Discus F33-34
Discus F37
Discus F46
Discus F51-54
Discus F58
High jump F20
Javelin F20
Javelin F37
Javelin F44
Javelin F46
Javelin F52-54
Javelin F58
Long jump F12
Long jump F20
Long jump F46
Shot put F12
Shot put F20
Shot put F33-34
Shot put F37
Shot put F44
Shot put F46
Shot put F52-54
Shot put F55
Shot put F57
Shot put F58
Pentathlon P13