title: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T12
text: # Athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T12
  
  The Men's 100 metres T12 event for the 2000 Summer Paralympics took place at the Stadium Australia.
  
  The T12 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Round 1
  
  Athletes qualified for the semi-final if they won their heat or achieved one of the 2 fastest other times.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Gabriel Potra | Portugal | 11.53 | Q |
  | 2 | Juan Antonio Prieto | Spain | 11.63 | q |
  | 3 | Ingo Geffers | Germany | 12.16 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Rory Field | South Africa | 11.73 | Q |
  | 2 | Shigeki Yano | Japan | 11.73 | q |
  | 3 | Holger Geffers | Germany | 12.19 | |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Li Qiang | China | 11.60 | Q |
  | 2 | Chararn Kajornvech | Thailand | 11.78 | |
  | 3 | Miroslaw Pych | Poland | DNF | |
  
  **Heat 4**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Hisham Mohammed | Malaysia | 11.65 | Q |
  | 2 | Sergey Semenov | Russia | 11.74 | |
  | 3 | Koichi Takada | Japan | 12.06 | |
  | 4 | Ignacio Avila | Spain | DNF | |
  
  **Heat 5**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ahmed Belhaj Ali | Tunisia | 11.36 | Q |
  | 2 | Matteo Tassetti | Italy | 11.80 | |
  | 3 | Bil Marinkovic | Austria | 12.08 | |
  
  **Heat 6**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Igor Pashchenko | Ukraine | 11.50 | Q |
  | 2 | Fuata Faktaufon | Fiji | 11.90 | |
  | 3 | Arthur Lewis | United States | 11.96 | |
  | 4 | Daniel Wozniak | Poland | DNF | |
  
  ### Semi-finals
  
  Athletes qualified for the final if they won their race, or achieved one of the next 2 fastest times.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ahmed Belhaj Ali | Tunisia | 11.28 | Q |
  | 2 | Li Qiang | China | 11.42 | q |
  | 3 | Hisham Mohammed | Malaysia | 11.70 | |
  | 4 | Shigeki Yano | Japan | 11.85 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Igor Pashchenko | Ukraine | 11.28 | Q |
  | 2 | Gabriel Potra | Portugal | 11.30 | q |
  | 3 | Rory Field | South Africa | 11.54 | |
  | 4 | Juan Antonio Prieto | Spain | 11.58 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Li Qiang | China | 11.27 |
  | | Igor Pashchenko | Ukraine | 11.34 |
  | | Gabriel Potra | Portugal | 11.38 |
  | 4 | Ahmed Belhaj Ali | Tunisia | 11.44 |
  