Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T54

Men's 800 metres T54
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates2 September 2021
Competitors16 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dai Yunqiang  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Saichon Konjen  Thailand
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The men's 800 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 2 September 2021.

The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]

World Record  Daniel Romanchuk (USA) 1:29.54 Arbon, Switzerland 24 May 2021
Paralympic Record  Choke Yasuoka (JPN) 1:32.45 Athens, Greece 25 September 2004
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 1:31.24 Yassine Gharbi  Tunisia
America 1:29.54 WR Daniel Romanchuk  United States
Asia 1:31.41 Zhang Yong  China
Europe 1:30.35 Richard Chiassaro  Great Britain
Oceania 1:32.73 Kurt Fearnley  Australia

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:49:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Prawat Wahoram  Thailand 1:33.59 Q
2 3 Zhang Yong  China 1:33.85 Q, SB
3 8 Aaron Pike  United States 1:36.48
4 7 Tomoki Suzuki  Japan 1:37.85
5 6 Kenny van Weeghel  Netherlands 1:40.87
4 Richard Chiassaro  Great Britain DNS

Heat 2 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:56:[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Marcel Hug  Switzerland 1:34.38 Q
2 4 Putharet Khongrak  Thailand 1:34.96 Q
3 3 Dai Yunqiang  China 1:35.12 q, SB
4 7 Julien Casoli  France 1:35.38 q
5 6 Nathan Maguire  Great Britain 1:36.73

Heat 3 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:03:[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Daniel Romanchuk  United States 1:31.83 Q, GR
2 7 Saichon Konjen  Thailand 1:37.08 Q
3 4 Song Lei  China 1:37.80 SB
4 3 Alhassane Baldé  Germany 1:41.10
6 Danny Sidbury  Great Britain DQ

Final

The final took place on 2 September, at 20:32:[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Marcel Hug  Switzerland 1:33.68
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Dai Yunqiang  China 1:34.11 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Saichon Konjen  Thailand 1:34.19
4 6 Daniel Romanchuk  United States 1:34.48
5 8 Zhang Yong  China 1:34.55
6 4 Prawat Wahoram  Thailand 1:34.58
7 3 Putharet Khongrak  Thailand 1:35.86
8 1 Julien Casoli  France 1:39.62

References

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Heat 3 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.