Men's 800 metres T54
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates2 September 2021
Competitors16 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dai Yunqiang  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Saichon Konjen  Thailand

The men's 800 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 2 September 2021.

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 Record Daniel Romanchuk (USA)1:29.54Arbon, Switzerland24 May 2021
Paralympic Record Choke Yasuoka (JPN)1:32.45Athens, Greece25 September 2004
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa1:31.24Yassine Gharbi Tunisia
America1:29.54 WRDaniel Romanchuk United States
Asia1:31.41Zhang Yong China
Europe1:30.35Richard Chiassaro Great Britain
Oceania1:32.73Kurt Fearnley Australia

Results

Heats

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
15Prawat Wahoram Thailand1:33.59Q
23Zhang Yong China1:33.85Q, SB
38Aaron Pike United States1:36.48
47Tomoki Suzuki Japan1:37.85
56Kenny van Weeghel Netherlands1:40.87
4Richard Chiassaro Great BritainDNS

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
15Marcel Hug Switzerland1:34.38Q
24Putharet Khongrak Thailand1:34.96Q
33Dai Yunqiang China1:35.12q, SB
47Julien Casoli France1:35.38q
56Nathan Maguire Great Britain1:36.73

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
15Daniel Romanchuk United States1:31.83Q, GR
27Saichon Konjen Thailand1:37.08Q
34Song Lei China1:37.80SB
43Alhassane Baldé Germany1:41.10
6Danny Sidbury Great BritainDQ

Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)5Marcel Hug Switzerland1:33.68
2nd place, silver medalist(s)2Dai Yunqiang China1:34.11SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)7Saichon Konjen Thailand1:34.19
46Daniel Romanchuk United States1:34.48
58Zhang Yong China1:34.55
64Prawat Wahoram Thailand1:34.58
73Putharet Khongrak Thailand1:35.86
81Julien Casoli France1:39.62

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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