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View from above of wheelchair racing competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. The distances involved in wheelchair racing include sprint distances of 100 m (109.4 yards), 200 m (218.7 yards) and 400 m (437.4 yards), middle distances of 800 m (874.9 yards) and 1500 m (1640.4 yards), long distances of 5000 m (3.1 miles) and 10,000 m (6.2 miles) and relay races of 4 × 100 m (109.4 yards) and ...
Wheelchair racing at the Summer Olympics featured as demonstration competitions at the multi-sport event, appearing within the Olympic athletics programme from 1984 to 2004. [1] On each occasion two track races were held: a men's 1500 metres race and a women's 800 metres race. [ 2 ]
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Marcel Eric Hug (German: [maʁˈsɛl ˈhuːɡ]; born 16 January 1986) is a Paralympic athlete from Switzerland competing in category T54 wheelchair racing events. Hug, nicknamed 'The Silver Bullet', has competed in four Summer Paralympic Games for Switzerland, winning two bronze medals in his first Games in Athens in 2004.
In races in the United States, a race official's job for a crash is only to direct other racers around the accident 30 meters ahead of the accident. [6] In wheelchair races, the winner and time is determined by when the center of the front axle goes across the finish line. [6] In relay events involve this class, each team has two lanes.
Wheelchair racing at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured as a demonstration event within the athletics programme on 11 August 1984. There were two events, an 800 m race for women and a 1500 m race for men.
Wheelchair racers at the 1992 Summer Olympics (8 P) Wheelchair racers at the 1996 Summer Olympics (12 P) Wheelchair racers at the 2000 Summer Olympics (15 P)