Wheelchair racing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Wheelchair races

Wheelchair racing at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured as a demonstration event within the athletics programme at the Athens Olympic Stadium on 22 August 2004. There were two events: an 800 m race for women and a 1500 m race for men. Medals were not awarded, as the sport was not part of the official competition.

Men's 1500 m wheelchair

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Robert Figl  Germany 3:10.91
2 Saúl Mendoza  Mexico 3:11.35
3 Rawat Tana  Thailand 3:11.48
4 Scot Hollonbeck  United States 3:11.49
5 Kurt Fearnley  Australia 3:11.60
6 Choke Yasuoka  Japan 3:11.75
7 Joël Jeannot  France 3:22.14
8 Jeff Adams  Canada DNF

Women's 800 m wheelchair

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Chantal Petitclerc  Canada 1:53.66 OR
2 Eliza Stankovich  Australia 1:53.84
3 Louise Sauvage  Australia 1:53.92
4 Diane Roy  Canada 1:54.20
5 Cheri Blauwet  United States 1:54.22
6 Edith Hunkeler  Switzerland 1:54.68
7 Christie Dawes  Australia 1:55.97
8 Tanni Grey-Thompson  Great Britain 1:56.87

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References

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