 The qualification round of François' event took place on September 26, with the Vincentian competing in the sixth heat against seven other athletes.He finished the race in 21.88 seconds, placing seventh in the heat.François scored ahead of Ismail Asif of the Maldives (23.17 seconds) and behind Abdullah Al-Khalidi of Oman (21.82 seconds) in a heat led by Kenya's Kennedy Ondiek (20.79 seconds) and Troy Douglas of Bermuda (20.91 seconds).