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]

2004 Summer Paralympics

The 2004 Summer Paralympics, the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece from 17 September to 28 September 2004. 3,806 athletes from 136 National Paralympic Committees competed. 519 medal events were held in 19 sports.

Marathon, Greece Place in Greece

Marathon is a town in Greece and the site of the battle of Marathon in 490 BCE, in which the heavily outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persians. Legend has it that Pheidippides, a Greek herald at the battle, was sent running from Marathon to Athens to announce the victory, which is how the marathon running race was conceived in modern times.

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T51

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

Italy at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Italy competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 76 athletes, 62 men and 14 women. Competitors from Italy won 19 medals, including 4 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze to finish 31st in the medal table.

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]

Toshihiro Takada is a Paralympian athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T52 long distance events.

Japan at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Japan competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 162 athletes—108 men and 54 women. Japanese competitors won 52 medals, 17 gold, 15 silver and 20 bronze, to finish 10th in the medal table.

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]

Kurt Fearnley Australian paralympic athlete

Kurt Harry Fearnley, is an Australian wheelchair racer, who has won gold medals at the Paralympic Games and 'crawled' the Kokoda Track. He has a congenital disorder called sacral agenesis which prevented fetal development of certain parts of his lower spine and all of his sacrum. In Paralympic events he is classified in the T54 classification. He focuses on long and middle-distance wheelchair races, and has also won medals in sprint relays. He participated in the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Games. Fearnley finished his Paralympic Games career with silver and bronze medals at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. He won a gold and silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and was the Australian flag bearer at the closing ceremony.

Australia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Australia competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. It was Australia's 12th year of participation at the Paralympics. The team included 151 athletes. Australian competitors won 101 medals to finish fifth in the gold medal table and second on the total medal table. Australia competed in 12 sports and won medals in 8 sports. The Chef de Mission was Paul Bird. The Australian team was smaller than the Sydney Games due to a strict selection policy related to the athletes' potential to win a medal and the International Paralympic Committee's decision to remove events for athletes with an intellectual disability from the Games due to issues of cheating at the Sydney Games. This was due to a cheating scandal with the Spanish intellectually disabled basketball team in the 2000 Summer Paralympics where it was later discovered that only two players actually had intellectual disabilities. The IPC decision resulted in leading Australian athletes such as Siobhan Paton and Lisa Llorens not being able to defend their Paralympic titles.

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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