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

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Men's 800 metres T54
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates2 September 2021 (final)
Competitors16 from 9 nations
Winning time1:33.68
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
2016
2024

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

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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

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Heats

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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

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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

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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. ^ "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.