| Men's marathon T11 at the XII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 26 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 17 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics | ||
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| T11–13 | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| Marathon | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | |
| P13 | ||
| Pentathlon | men | |
| F11–13 | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | |
The Men's marathon T11 was a marathon event in athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, for totally blind athletes (running with a sighted guide). Defending champion and world record holder Carlos Amaral Ferreira of Portugal took part, along with sixteen other athletes, from a total of ten countries. No athlete had ever successfully defended his title in the men's fully blind marathon, and Ferreira failed to become the first; he took silver, finishing half a minute behind Japan's Yuichi Takahashi. [1]
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The 2004 men's T11 marathon is the most recent to have been held as a distinct event. At the 2008 Paralympics, it was abolished, and athletes categorised T11 (totally blind) were invited to run in the T12 marathon for athletes with severe visual impairment. [2]
