Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres

The Men's 800m athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from September 2 to September 4, 2021. A total of 3 events were contested over this distance.

Schedule

R	Round 1	½	Semifinals	F	Final

Date [1]	Thu 2		Fri 3		Sat 4
Event	M	E	M	E	M	E
T34 800m			R		F
T53 800m	R	F
T54 800m	R	F

Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 800 metres events.

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
T34 details	Walid Ktila   Tunisia	1:45.50	Mohamed Hammadi   United Arab Emirates	1:45.59	Wang Yang   China	1:45.68
T53 details	Pongsakorn Paeyo   Thailand	1:36.07 GR	Brent Lakatos   Canada	1:36.32	Pierre Fairbank   France	1:39.67
T54 details	Marcel Hug   Switzerland	1:33.68	Dai Yunqiang   China	1:34.11	Saichon Konjen   Thailand	1:34.19

Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 800 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page.

T34

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T34

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.

The final in this classification took place on 4 September 2021, at 9:55: ^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Walid Ktila	Tunisia	1:45.50
	3	Mohamed Hammadi	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

T53

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T53

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

The final in this classification took place on 2 September, at 20:03: ^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Pongsakorn Paeyo	Thailand	1:36.07	GR
	6	Brent Lakatos	Canada	1:36.32
	4	Pierre Fairbank	France	1:39.67
4	2	Yang Shaoqiao	China	1:40.08	SB
5	7	Pichet Krungget	Thailand	1:40.09
6	1	Vitalii Gritsenko	RPC	1:40.51	SB
7	5	Masaberee Arsae	Thailand	1:42.09
8	8	Brian Siemann	United States	1:47.18

T54

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T54

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 final in this classification took place on 2 September, at 20:32: ^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:33.68
	2	Dai Yunqiang	China	1:34.11	SB
	7	Saichon Konjen	Thailand	1:34.19
4	6	Daniel Romanchuk	United States	1:34.48
5	8	Zhang Yong	China	1:34.55
6	4	Prawat Wahoram	Thailand	1:34.58
7	3	Putharet Khongrak	Thailand	1:35.86
8	1	Julien Casoli	France	1:39.62

References

1. "Athletics Competition Schedule" . Retrieved 13 August 2021.
2. "T34 final results" (PDF). Retrieved 2 September 2021.
3. "T53 final results" (PDF). Retrieved 1 September 2021.
4. "T54 final results" (PDF). Retrieved 1 September 2021.