Men's 800 metres T34 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates |
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Competitors | 10 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:45.50 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
4×100 m relay | mixed | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
High jump | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Club throw | men | women |
The men's 800 metres T34 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place between 3 and 4 September 2021.
The T34 category is for wheelchair athletes with cerebral palsy. Athletes in this category have minimal limitations or control problems in their arms and trunk while pushing a wheelchair.
Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows: [1]
World Record | Walid Ktila (TUN) | 1:36.78 | Arbon, Switzerland | 24 May 2021 |
Paralympic Record | Mohamed Alhammadi (UAE) | 1:40.24 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 14 September 2016 |
Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
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Africa | 1:36.78WR | Walid Ktila | Tunisia |
America | 1:42.63 | Austin Smeenk | Canada |
Asia | 1:37.84 | Mohamed Alhammadi | United Arab Emirates |
Europe | 1:39.12 | Ben Rowlings | Great Britain |
Oceania | 1:41.25 | Rheed McCracken | Australia |
Heat 1 took place on 3 September 2021, at 11:29: [2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Mohamed Alhammadi | United Arab Emirates | 1:45.50 | Q, SB |
2 | 4 | Isaac Towers | Great Britain | 1:46.58 | Q, SB |
3 | 6 | Henry Manni | Finland | 1:46.84 | Q |
4 | 7 | Austin Smeenk | Canada | 1:46.99 | q |
5 | 5 | Chaiwat Rattana | Thailand | 1:53.75 | SB |
Heat 2 took place on 3 September 2021, at 11:36: [3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Walid Ktila | Tunisia | 1:46.59 | Q |
2 | 3 | Wang Yang | China | 1:47.48 | Q, SB |
3 | 6 | Rheed McCracken | Australia | 1:48.09 | Q, SB |
4 | 4 | Ben Rowlings | Great Britain | 1:48.21 | q |
5 | 7 | Ahmed Nawad | United Arab Emirates | 1:49.71 |
The final took place on 4 September 2021, at 9:55: [4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Walid Ktila | Tunisia | 1:45.50 | ||
3 | Mohamed Alhammadi | United Arab Emirates | 1:45.59 | ||
2 | Wang Yang | China | 1:45.68 | SB | |
4 | 6 | Henry Manni | Finland | 1:47.34 | |
5 | 8 | Austin Smeenk | Canada | 1:47.58 | |
6 | 1 | Rheed McCracken | Australia | 1:47.68 | SB |
7 | 5 | Isaac Towers | Great Britain | 1:48.08 | |
8 | 7 | Ben Rowlings | Great Britain | 1:48.63 |
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 2012 London Paralympics, 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where he won three silver and two bronze medals. He will be competing at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, his fourth Games.
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