Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T20

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Men's 1500 metres T20
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue Tokyo National Stadium
Dates3 September 2021 (final)
Competitors14 from 10 nations
Winning time3:54.57
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Owen Miller Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Alexandr Rabotnitskii Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC
Bronze medal icon.svg Ndiaga Dieng Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2016
2024

The men's 1500 metres T20 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place on 3 September 2021.

Contents

The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows: [1]

World RecordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Brannigan  (USA)3:45.50 New York, United States 11 February 2017
Paralympic RecordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Brannigan  (USA)3:51.73 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13 September 2016
AreaTimeAthleteNation
Africa4:31.47Record Mark
America3:45.50WR Michael Brannigan Flag of the United States.svg United States
Asia3:53.35 Daiki Akai Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Europe3:54.36 Alexandr Rabotnitskii Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Oceania4:11.81 Kyle McIntosh Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

Results

The final took place on 3 September 2021, at 10:13: [2]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Owen Miller Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:54.57
Silver medal icon.svg Alexandr Rabotnitskii Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC 3:55.78
Bronze medal icon.svg Ndiaga Dieng Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:57.24
4 Michael Brannigan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:58.43 SB
5 Daiki Akai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:58.78
6 Pavel Sarkeev Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC 4:00.43
7 Daniel Pek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:01.00 SB
8 Yuki Iwata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:01.72
9 Yuji Togawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:03.62
10 Carmelo Rivera Fuentes Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 4:03.68 PB
11 Cristiano Pereira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 4:05.10
12 Sandro Patricio Correia Baessa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 4:05.50
13 Pavlo Voluikevych Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4:05.75
14 Gaël Geffroy Flag of France.svg  France 4:15.52

References

  1. "Records – World Para Athletics" . Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.