Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T38
# Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T38

The men's 100 metres T38 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place on 28 August 2021.

The T38 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. T38 athletes have the mildest form of impairment caused by cerebral palsy, often in only one limb, and not affecting the ability to run, walk or jump freely, although impairing performance. T38 athletes may suffer minor co-ordination difficulties.

## Records

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

| World Record | Hu Jianwen (CHN) | 10.74 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 13 September 2016 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Paralympic Record | Hu Jianwen (CHN) | 10.74 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 13 September 2016 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
| Africa | 11.11 | Dyan Buis | South Africa |
| America | 11.08 | Edson Pinheiro | Brazil |
| Asia | 10.74 WR | Hu Jianwen | China |
| Europe | 11.00 | Thomas Young | Great Britain |
| Oceania | 10.79 | Evan O'Hanlon | Australia |

## Results

### Heats

Heat 1 took place on 28 August 2021, at 11:10:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 | Zhu Dening | China | 11.15 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 4 | Dimitri Jozwicki | France | 11.30 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | Zhong Huanghao | China | 11.56 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | Farhat Chida | Tunisia | 11.64 | q, SB |
| 5 | 7 | Edson Pinheiro | Brazil | 11.70 | SB |
| 6 | 8 | Juan Sebastián Gómez Coa | Colombia | 11.98 | SB |
| 7 | 5 | Ari Gesini | Australia | 12.40 | |

Heat 2 took place on 28 August 2021, at 11:16:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Thomas Young | Great Britain | 11.22 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Evan O'Hanlon | Australia | 11.31 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 5 | José Gregorio Lemos | Colombia | 11.43 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | Jose Rodolfo Chessani | Mexico | 11.62 | q, PB |
| 5 | 3 | Dyan Buis | South Africa | 11.75 | |
| 6 | 9 | Zhou Peng | China | 11.89 | PB |
| 7 | 8 | Carlos Velasquez | Honduras | 13.81 | SB |
| | 6 | Khetag Khinchagov | RPC | DQ | WPA 17.8 |

### Final

The final took place on 28 August 2021, at 19:35:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 7 | Thomas Young | Great Britain | 10.94 | AR |
| | 5 | Zhu Dening | China | 11.00 | =PB |
| | 6 | Evan O'Hanlon | Australia | 11.00 | SB |
| 4 | 4 | Dimitri Jozwicki | France | 11.52 | |
| 5 | 9 | José Gregorio Lemos | Colombia | 11.53 | |
| 6 | 8 | Zhong Huanghao | China | 11.63 | |
| 7 | 2 | Farhat Chida | Tunisia | 11.63 | SB |
| 8 | 3 | Jose Rodolfo Chessani | Mexico | 11.77 | |
