Wheelchair racing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Athletics at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
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
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Wheelchair races

Wheelchair racing at the 1992 Summer Olympics featured as a demonstration event within the athletics programme on 2 August 1992. There were two events, a 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
1st Claude Issorat  France 3:13.92 WR
2nd Franz Nietlispach  Switzerland 3:14.07
3rd Michael Noe  United States 3:14.76
4 Jean-Marc Berset  Switzerland 3:14.95
5 Scot Hollonbeck  United States 3:14.98
6 Jorge Luna  Mexico 3.19.01
7 Jeff Adams  Canada 3:26.06
8 Ricardo Nunez Alcade  Mexico DNF

Women's 800 m wheelchair

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Connie Hansen  Denmark 1:55.62 WR
2nd Jean Driscoll  United States 1:56.56
3rd Monica Wetterström  Sweden 1:56.57
4 Jeannette Jansen  Netherlands 1:56.71
5 Candace Cable  United States 1:57.45
6 Barbara Maier  Germany 1:57.69
7 Deanna Sodoma  United States 1:57.74
8 Tanni Grey  Great Britain 1:57.75

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