Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T51–54

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Men's marathon races for wheelchair athletes at the 2004 Summer Paralympics followed a course from Marathon to the Panathinaiko Stadium, and started at 08:00 on 26 September. Events were held in three wheelchair disability classes, together with two classes of visually impaired athletes. [1] [2]

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T51

The T51 event was won by Alvise de Vidi, representing Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy. [3]

Rank Athlete Time Notes
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Alvise de Vidi  (ITA) 2:53:38
Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Strobel  (GER) 2:57:50
Flag of Mexico.svg  Edgar Navarro  (MEX) 3:13:42
4 Flag of Germany.svg  Thorsten Oppold  (GER) 3:27:23
5 Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Paolo D'Agostini  (ITA) 3:48:28
6 Flag of Norway.svg  Mikkel Gaarder  (NOR) 3:54:32
Flag of Germany.svg  Dieter Geiling  (GER) DNF
Flag of Sweden.svg  Tim Johansson  (SWE) DNF

T52

The T52 event was won by Toshihiro Takada, representing Flag of Japan.svg  Japan. [4]

Rank Athlete Time Notes
Flag of Japan.svg  Toshihiro Takada  (JPN) 2:00:02
Flag of Austria.svg  Thomas Geierspichler  (AUT) 2:06:10
Flag of Canada.svg  Clayton Gerein  (CAN) 2:14:26
4 Flag of Japan.svg  Tomoya Ito  (JPN) 2:20:12
5 Flag of Sweden.svg  Per Vesterlund  (SWE) 2:26:09
6 Flag of the United States.svg  Herbert Burns  (USA) 2:37:36
7 Flag of Spain.svg  Ramon Pla  (ESP) 2:58:44

T54

The T54 event was won by Kurt Fearnley, representing Flag of Australia.svg  Australia. [5]

Rank Athlete Time Notes
Flag of Australia.svg  Kurt Fearnley  (AUS) 1:25:37
Flag of Canada.svg  Kelly Smith  (CAN) 1:29:39
Flag of Poland.svg  Tomasz Hamerlak  (POL) 1:31:01
4 Flag of Mexico.svg  Aaron Gordian  (MEX) 1:31:03
5 Flag of France.svg  Joël Jeannot  (FRA) 1:31:42
6 Flag of Japan.svg  Nobukazu Hanaoka  (JPN) 1:31:50
7 Flag of Switzerland.svg  Heinz Frei  (SUI) 1:32:04
8 Flag of the United States.svg  Jacob Heilveil  (USA) 1:33:11
9 Flag of Japan.svg  Hiroki Sasahara  (JPN) 1:33:55
10 Flag of Japan.svg  Masazumi Soejima  (JPN) 1:34:59
11 Flag of France.svg  Alain Fuss  (FRA) 1:35:32
12 Flag of Germany.svg  Ralph Brunner  (GER) 1:35:39
13 Flag of Canada.svg  Alan Bergman  (CAN) 1:37:40
14 Flag of France.svg  Denis Lemeunier  (FRA) 1:37:41
15 Flag of South Africa.svg  Krige Schabort  (RSA) 1:39:53
16 Flag of Japan.svg  Jun Hiromichi  (JPN) 1:40:24
17 Flag of Mexico.svg  Martin Velasco Soria  (MEX) 1:41:00
18 Flag of South Africa.svg  Ernst van Dyk  (RSA) 1:41:59
19 Flag of Australia.svg  Paul Nunnari  (AUS) 1:43:16
20 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Marko Sever  (SLO) 1:43:41
21 Flag of Spain.svg  Roger Puigbo  (ESP) 1:43:50
22 Flag of Germany.svg  Robert Figl  (GER) 1:45:11
23 Flag of Canada.svg  Michel Filteau  (CAN) 1:48:17
24 Flag of the United States.svg  Scot Hollonbeck  (USA) 1:49:16
25 Flag of Austria.svg  Gottfried Ferchl  (AUT) 1:50:19
26 Flag of Norway.svg  Oeivind Sletten  (NOR) 1:54:37
27 Flag of Spain.svg  Vicente Arzo  (ESP) 2:00:50
28 Flag of the United States.svg  Tyler Byers  (USA) 2:01:09
29 Flag of Turkey.svg  Omer Cantay  (TUR) 2:06:02
30 Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Yiannakis Gavriel  (CYP) 2:18:22
31 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Yevgeniy Tetyukhin  (KAZ) 2:35:45
32 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Sergey Ussoltsev  (KAZ) 2:39:54
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Mohamed Farhat Belkhir  (TUN) DNF
Flag of El Salvador.svg  William Rivas  (ESA) DNS
Flag of Japan.svg  Choke Yasuoka  (JPN) DNS
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Franz Nietlispach  (SUI) DNS
Flag of the United States.svg  Adam Bleakney  (USA) DNS
Flag of the United States.svg  Joshua George  (USA) DNS

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References

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