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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T53

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Men's 800 metres T53
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates2 September 2021 (final)
Competitors11 from 7 nations
Winning time1:36.07
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pongsakorn Paeyo  Thailand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brent Lakatos  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pierre Fairbank  France
2016
2024

The men's 800 metres T53 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 2 September 2021.

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

Records

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

World Record  Brent Lakatos (CAN) 1:31.69 Arbon, Switzerland 2 June 2019
Paralympic Record  Li Huzhao (CHN) 1:36.30 Beijing, China 15 September 2008
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 1:44.68 Walid Ktila  Tunisia
America 1:31.69 WR Brent Lakatos  Canada
Asia 1:34.91 Hong Suk-man  South Korea
Europe 1:32.36 Pierre Fairbank  France
Oceania 1:37.49 Richard Colman  Australia

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:21:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Brent Lakatos  Canada 1:42.29 Q
2 4 Masaberee Arsae  Thailand 1:42.52 Q
3 7 Vitalii Gritsenko  RPC 1:42.52 Q
4 5 Nicolas Brignone  France 1:46.85
5 6 Joshusa George  United States 1:55.33

Heat 2 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:29:[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Pongsakorn Paeyo  Thailand 1:40.28 Q
2 3 Pichet Krungget  Thailand 1:40.90 Q
3 8 Yang Shaoqiao  China 1:41.19 Q, SB
4 4 Pierre Fairbank  France 1:41.28 q
5 6 Brian Siemann  United States 1:41.52 q
6 5 Yoo Byung-hoon  South Korea 1:41.55 SB

Final

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The final took place on 2 September, at 20:03:[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Pongsakorn Paeyo  Thailand 1:36.07 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Brent Lakatos  Canada 1:36.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Pierre Fairbank  France 1:39.67
4 2 Yang Shaoqiao  China 1:40.08 SB
5 7 Pichet Krungget  Thailand 1:40.09
6 1 Vitalii Gritsenko  RPC 1:40.51 SB
7 5 Masaberee Arsae  Thailand 1:42.09
8 8 Brian Siemann  United States 1:47.18

References

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  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. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.