Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T51

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Men's marathon T51
at the X Paralympic Games
Athletics - Paralympic pictogram.svg
Paralympic Athletics
Dates25 August
Competitors13 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Brent McMahon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Clayton Gerein Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Patrick Cottini Flag of the United States.svg  United States

The Men's marathon T51 was a marathon event in athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, for wheelchair athletes. Canada won gold and silver in this race courtesy of their winning athletes Brent McMahon and Clayton Gerein. McMahon beat Gerein to the winning gold in a photo finish. Of the thirteen starters, twelve reached the finish line. [1]

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Results

PlaceAthleteTime
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Brent McMahon  (CAN)2:07:08
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Clayton Gerein  (CAN)2:07:08
3Flag of the United States.svg  Patrick Cottini  (USA)2:08:31
4Flag of the United States.svg  Albert Kovach  (USA)2:08:50
5Flag of Austria.svg  Christoph Etzlstorfer  (AUT)2:11:02
6Flag of Switzerland.svg  Franz Weber  (SUI)2:17:53
7Flag of the United States.svg  John Clark  (USA)2:20:01
8Flag of the United States.svg  Bradley Ramage  (USA)2:23:27
9Flag of Sweden.svg  Per Vesterlund  (SWE)2:28:04
10Flag of Mexico.svg  Salvador Hernandez  (MEX)2:40:26
11Flag of Ireland.svg  Patrick Durand  (IRL)2:48:56
12Flag of New Zealand.svg  Carey Lineham  (NZL)3:29:23
-Flag of Australia.svg  Greg Smith  (AUS)dnf

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