Wheelchair racing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Wheelchair racing at the 2000 Summer Olympics featured as a demonstration event within the athletics programme on 28 September 2000. 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
	Saúl Mendoza	Mexico	3:06.75	OR
	Claude Issorat	France	3:07.65
	Heinz Frei	Switzerland	3:07.82
4	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	3:08.27
5	Jeff Adams	Canada	3:08.95
6	Scot Hollonbeck	United States	3:09.15
7	Ernst van Dyk	South Africa	3:12.35
8	John Maclean	Australia	—	DNF

Women's 800 m wheelchair

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Louise Sauvage	Australia	1:56.07
	Wakako Tsuchida	Japan	1:56.49
	Ariadne Hernández	Mexico	1:56.59
4	Tanni Grey	Great Britain	1:56.86
5	Cheri Becerra	United States	1:57.19
6	Chantal Petitclerc	Canada	1:57.22
7	Lily Anggreny	Germany	1:57.63
8	Madeleine Nordlund	Sweden	1:57.82

See also

• Athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

References

• Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Wheelchair. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-11.
• Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Wheelchair. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-11.
• Track and field results. ESPN/Associated Press. Retrieved on 2014-05-11.