Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T54

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Men's 1500 metres T54
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue London Olympic Stadium
Dates3 to 4 September
Competitors21 from 14 nations
Winning time3:12.09
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg David Weir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Prawat Wahoram Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Bronze medal icon.svg Kim Gyu Dae Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Athletics at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Classification
T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired
T/F20: Intellectual disability
T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy
F40: Les Autres
T/F42–46: Amputees
T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability
Men T/F51–58
Track
100 m   T51   T52   T53   T54
200 m T52 T53
400 m T52 T53 T54
800 m T52 T53 T54
1500 m T54
5000 m T54
4×400 m relay T53-54
Road
Marathon T54
Field
Shot put F52-3 F54-6
F57-8
Club throw F31-32/51
Discus throw F51-3 F54-6
F57-8
Javelin throw F52-3 F54-6
F57-8
Women T/F51–58
Track
100 m T52 T53 T54
200 m T52 T53
400 m T53 T54
800 m T53 T54
1500 m T54
5000 m T54
Road
Marathon T54
Field
Shot put F54-6
F57-8
Club throw F31-32/51
Discus throw F51-3
F57-8
Javelin throw F33-34/52-53 F54-6
F57-8

The Men's 1500 metres T54 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 3 to 4 September. [1]

Contents

The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:

World recordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  David Weir  (GBR)2:55.7229 June 2007 Atlanta, United States
Paralympic recordFlag of Thailand.svg  Prawat Wahorum  (THA)3:00.1015 September 2008 Beijing, China

Results

Round 1

Competed 3 September 2012 from 10:40. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Marcel Hug Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 3:11.17Q
2 Prawat Wahoram Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 3:11.31Q
3 David Weir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:11.35Q
4 Zhang Lixin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3:11.40q
5 Mohammad Vahdani Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 3:13.58
6 Hiroyuki Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:14.36
7 Aaron Pike Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:15.04

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Kurt Fearnley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:19.18Q
2 Liu Chengming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3:19.35Q
3 Josh Cassidy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:19.54Q
4 Hong Sukman Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3:19.72
5 Nobukazu Hanaoka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:19.84
6 Ahmed Aouadi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 3:20.35
7 Tomasz Hamerlak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:20.42

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Saichon Konjen Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 3:14.81Q
2 Kim Gyu Dae Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3:14.90Q
3 Liu Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3:15.07Q
4 Julien Casoli Flag of France.svg  France 3:15.18
5 Joshua George Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:15.76
6 Masazumi Soejima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:17.11
7 Fernando Sanchez Nava Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 3:17.16

Final

Competed 4 September 2012 at 21:37.

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg David Weir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:12.09
Silver medal icon.svg Prawat Wahoram Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 3:12.32
Bronze medal icon.svg Kim Gyu Dae Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3:12.57
4 Marcel Hug Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 3:12.76
5 Saichon Konjen Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 3:12.84
6 Liu Chengming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3:12.86
7 Kurt Fearnley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:13.23
8 Liu Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3:13.63
9 Zhang Lixin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3:14.05
10 Josh Cassidy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:14.70

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time.

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References

  1. "Athletics - Schedule & Results". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.