Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T54
# Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T54

The men's 100 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 1 September 2021.

The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:

| World Record | Leo-Pekka Tähti (FIN) | 13.63 | London, United Kingdom | 1 September 2012 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Paralympic Record | Leo-Pekka Tähti (FIN) | 13.63 | London, United Kingdom | 1 September 2012 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
| Africa | 14.22 | Raphael Botsyo Nkegbe | Ghana |
| America | 13.99 | Juan Pablo Cervantes Garcia | Mexico |
| Asia | 13.77 | Liu Yang | China |
| Europe | 13.63 WR | Leo-Pekka Tähti | Finland |
| Oceania | 13.94 | Sam Carter | Australia |

## Results

### Heats

Heat 1 took place on 1 September 2021, at 11:43:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | Athiwat Paeng-nuea | Thailand | 14.00 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Vun van | Cambodia | 14.39 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 6 | Liu Yang | China | 14.47 | SB |
| 4 | 4 | Jaenal Aripin | Indonesia | 14.53 | SB |
| 5 | 3 | Luke Bailey | Australia | 14.55 | |
| 6 | 8 | Esa-Pekka Mattila | Finland | 14.71 | |

Heat 2 took place on 1 September 2021, at 11:50:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Juan Pablo Cervantes García | Mexico | 13.85 | Q, AR |
| 2 | 7 | Hu Yang | China | 13.96 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 8 | Sam Carter | Australia | 14.19 | q, SB |
| 4 | 6 | Erik Hightower | United States | 14.33 | |
| 5 | 4 | Saichon Konjen | Thailand | 14.39 | SB |
| 6 | 3 | Tomoki Ikoma | Japan | 14.50 | |

Heat 3 took place on 1 September 2021, at 11:57:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Leo-Pekka Tähti | Finland | 13.81 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Zhang Ying | China | 13.95 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 4 | Kenny van Weeghel | Netherlands | 14.17 | q, SB |
| 4 | 6 | Gabriel Emmanuel Sosa | Argentina | 15.08 | |
| 5 | 8 | Malang Tamba | The Gambia | 18.26 | |
| 6 | 5 | Stas Nazaryan | Armenia | 18.76 | PB |

### Final

The final took place on 1 September 2021, at 19:30:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Athiwat Paeng-nuea | Thailand | 13.76 | AR |
| | 5 | Leo-Pekka Tähti | Finland | 13.85 | |
| | 7 | Juan Pablo Cervantes García | Mexico | 13.87 | |
| 4 | 6 | Zhang Ying | China | 14.04 | |
| 5 | 2 | Sam Carter | Australia | 14.08 | SB |
| 6 | 9 | Hu Yang | China | 14.09 | |
| 7 | 8 | Vun van | Cambodia | 14.21 | PB |
| 8 | 3 | Kenny van Weeghel | Netherlands | 14.53 | |
