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The Men's marathon 1B was a wheelchair marathon event in athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics. The race was won by J. Matsson. [1]
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The Men's marathon 1B was a wheelchair marathon event in athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics. The race was won by J. Matsson. [1]
| Place | Athlete | Time | |
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| 1 |  J. Matsson (SWE) | 2:55:04 | |
| 2 |  Peter Schmid (SUI) | 3:00:54 | |
| 3 |  Ronan Rooney (IRL) | 3:23:13 | |
| 4 |  Michael Desanto (AUS) | 3:23:17 | |
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