| Men's 800 metres T53 at the XV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Estádio Olímpico João Havelange | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 14–15 September 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
The Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T53 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 14–15 September 2016, at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange.
11:26 14 September 2016: [1]
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2232 | Pongsakorn Paeyo |  Thailand | 1:37.45 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | 1249 | Huzhao Li |  China | 1:37.77 | Q | |
| 3 | 8 | 2352 | Joshua George |  United States | 1:37.87 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 | 1778 | Dong-ho Jung |  South Korea | 1:38.77 | q | |
| 5 | 7 | 1794 | Hamad Aladwani |  Kuwait | 1:43.69 | q | |
| 6 | 4 | 1049 | Richard Colman |  Australia | 1:43.79 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 1735 | Hitoshi Matsunaga |  Japan | 1:44.67 | ||
| 8 | 3 | 1209 | Jean-Philippe Maranda |  Canada | 1:44.98 |
11:34 14 September 2016: [1]
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1208 | Brent Lakatos | Canada | 1:43.37 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | 1472 | Pierre Fairbank |  France | 1:43.54 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | 2375 | Brian Siemann | United States | 1:43.79 | Q | |
| 4 | 7 | 1780 | Byung Hoon Yoo | South Korea | 1:44.14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1271 | Yufei Zhao | China | 1:44.46 | ||
| 6 | 8 | 1509 | Moatez Jomni |  Great Britain | 1:46.23 | ||
| 1 | 2230 | Pichet Krungget | Thailand | DSQ | |||
| 6 | 1671 | Patrick Monahan |  Ireland | DSQ |
19:01 15 September 2016: [2]
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | 2232 | Pongsakorn Paeyo | Thailand | 1:40.78 | ||
 | 5 | 1472 | Pierre Fairbank | France | 1:40.97 | ||
 | 8 | 1208 | Brent Lakatos | Canada | 1:41.09 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 2375 | Brian Siemann | United States | 1:41.11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 2352 | Joshua George | United States | 1:41.23 | ||
| 6 | 6 | 1249 | Huzhao Li | China | 1:41.91 | ||
| 7 | 7 | 1778 | Dong-ho Jung | South Korea | 1:42.89 | ||
| 8 | 2 | 1794 | Hamad Aladwani | Kuwait | 1:50.62 |
Richard Andrew Colman is an Australian Paralympic athlete, competing mainly in category T53 sprint events. He was born with spina bifida. He represented Australia at the four Paralympics - 2004 to 2016.
Brad Scott is a Paralympian track and field athlete from Australia competing mainly in category T37 middle distance events. He represented Australia at the three Paralympics - 2008 to 2016 in athletics and won two silver and one bronze medals.
Madison de Rozario, is an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair racer who specialises in middle and long-distance events. She competed at the 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics, winning two gold medals, three silver and a bronze. She has also won ten medals at the World Para Athletics Championships and two gold at the Commonwealth Games. De Rozario holds the world record in the Women's 800m T53 and formerly in the Women's 1500m T53/54.
Rheed McCracken is an Australian Paralympic athletics competitor. He named the 2012 Junior Athlete of the Year as part of the Australian Paralympian of the Year Awards. He represented Australia at the 2020 London Paralympics, 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where he has won three silver and two bronze medals.
Michael Roeger is an Australian T46 athletics competitor. He competed at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics athletics in middle distance and marathon running events. He has won one gold and three bronze medals at the IPC Athletics World Championships and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. His gold in the Men's T46 marathon at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championshipswas held as part of the London Marathon, set a new world record.
James Michael Apsley Turner, is an Australian Paralympic athlete and soccer player with cerebral palsy. He has represented Australia as part of the Australia Paralympic soccer team, the ParaRoos, and was its player of the year in 2013. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, he won the Men's 800m T36 in a world record time of 2:02.39. At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, he won three gold medals; he followed this up with two gold medals at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai and a gold and one silver medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
The Men's 100m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 16, 2016. A total of 16 events were contested over this distance, and entry was open in 19 classifications.
The Men's 1500m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from 8 to 17 September. A total of six events were contested over this distance for eight different classifications.
The Men's 400m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 16, 2016. A total of 15 events were contested over this distance for 19 different classifications.
The Men's 200m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 16, 2016. A total of 15 events were contested over this distance for 19 different classifications.
The Men's 800m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 16, 2016. A total of four events were contested over this distance for five different classifications.
The Men's 800m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 16, 2016. One event was contested over this distance for 19 different classifications.
The Women's 800m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 16 to September 17, 2016. A total of three events were contested over this distance for three different classifications.
The Women's 400m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from 8 September to 17 September 2016. A total of 12 events were contested over this distance for 15 different classifications.
The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
The T44 category is for athletes who have a single below knee amputation or who can walk with moderately reduced function in one or both legs.
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.
The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
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.
