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

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Men's 800 metres T54
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue Tokyo National Stadium
Dates2 September 2021 (final)
Competitors16 from 9 nations
Winning time1:33.68
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Marcel Hug Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Silver medal icon.svg Dai Yunqiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Saichon Konjen Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
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The men's 800 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 2 September 2021.

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 records were as follows: [1]

World RecordFlag of the United States.svg  Daniel Romanchuk  (USA)1:29.54 Arbon, Switzerland 24 May 2021
Paralympic RecordFlag of Japan.svg  Choke Yasuoka  (JPN)1:32.45 Athens, Greece 25 September 2004
AreaTimeAthleteNation
Africa1:31.24 Yassine Gharbi Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
America1:29.54WR Daniel Romanchuk Flag of the United States.svg United States
Asia1:31.41 Zhang Yong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Europe1:30.35 Richard Chiassaro Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Oceania1:32.73 Kurt Fearnley Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:49: [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Prawat Wahoram Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1:33.59 Q
23 Zhang Yong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:33.85 Q, SB
38 Aaron Pike Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:36.48
47 Tomoki Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:37.85
56 Kenny van Weeghel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:40.87
4 Richard Chiassaro Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNS

Heat 2 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:56: [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Marcel Hug Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:34.38 Q
24 Putharet Khongrak Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1:34.96 Q
33 Dai Yunqiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:35.12 q, SB
47 Julien Casoli Flag of France.svg  France 1:35.38 q
56 Nathan Maguire Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:36.73

Heat 3 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:03: [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Daniel Romanchuk Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:31.83 Q, GR
27 Saichon Konjen Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1:37.08 Q
34 Song Lei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:37.80 SB
43 Alhassane Baldé Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:41.10
6 Danny Sidbury Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DQ

Final

The final took place on 2 September, at 20:32: [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Marcel Hug Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:33.68
Silver medal icon.svg2 Dai Yunqiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:34.11 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Saichon Konjen Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1:34.19
46 Daniel Romanchuk Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:34.48
58 Zhang Yong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:34.55
64 Prawat Wahoram Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1:34.58
73 Putharet Khongrak Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1:35.86
81 Julien Casoli Flag of France.svg  France 1:39.62

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References

  1. ↑ "Records – World Para Athletics" . Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Heat 3 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
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