2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's marathon

The men's marathon at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in the streets of Christchurch, New Zealand on 30 January.

British athlete David Weir, on January 29, pulled out of the marathon for safety reasons, as the roads around the circuit would not be closed to traffic.[1] He was to compete in the classification T54 event.

British athlete and world record holder Richard Whitehead did not get to compete in a marathon event. He has a double leg amputation and is classified as T42. There was no T42 marathon event, because there were too few marathon runners with a single or double leg amputation. He was not allowed to run in the marathon T46 event (athletes with single above or below elbow amputation).[2][3][4]

Medalists

edit

[5][6][7][8]

Class Gold Silver Bronze
T11 Cristian Valenzuela
  Chile
Andrea Cionna
  Italy
Shinya Wada
  Japan
T12 Alberto Suarez Laso
  Spain
Elkin Alonso Serna Moreno
  Colombia
Masahiro Okamura
  Japan
T46 Mario Santillan Hernandez
  Mexico
Tito Sena
  Brazil
Ozivam Bonfim
  Brazil
T54 Kurt Fearnley
  Australia
Heinz Frei
  Switzerland
Masazumi Soejima
  Japan

The Men's marathon, T11 was held on January 30

T11 = visual impairment: may range from no light perception in either eye to light perception with the inability to recognise the shape of a hand.

Results

edit

[9]

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  Cristian Valenzuela   Chile 2:41:04 CR
  Andrea Cionna   Italy 2:41:39
  Shinya Wada   Japan 2:43:26 PB
4 Yuichi Takahashi   Japan 2:44:22 SB
5 Joaquim Machado   Portugal 2:44:38 PB
6 Yoshihide Hukuhara   Japan 2:54:36
7 Carlos Ferreira   Portugal 2:55:38

Key: CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best, PB = Personal Best

The Men's marathon, T12 was held on January 30

T12 = visual impairment: may recognise the shape of a hand and have a visual acuity of 2/60 and/or visual field of under 5 degrees.

Results

edit

[10]

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  Alberto Suárez Laso   Spain 2:28:10 WR
  Elkin Alonso Serna Moreno   Colombia 2:32:42
  Masahiro Okamura   Japan 2:34:03
4 Manuel Garnica Roldan   Spain 2:34:47 PB
5 Ildar Pomykalov   Russia 2:35:59 PB
6 Moises Beristain Gutierrez   Mexico 2:40:56 PB
7 Luis Enrique Herrera   Mexico 2:49:51 PB
8 Henry Cardenas   Costa Rica 3:44:35
Gabriel Macchi   Portugal DNF

Key: WR = World Record, PB = Personal Best

The Men's marathon, T46 was held on January 30

T46 = single above or below elbow amputation or equivalent impairments.

Results

edit

[11]

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  Mario Santillan Hernandez   Mexico 2:30:59
  Tito Sena   Brazil 2:32:01
  Ozivam Bonfim   Brazil 2:33:50 SB
4 Walter Endrizzi   Italy 2:36:38
5 Chris Hammer   United States 2:50:10
6 Pedro Meza Zempoaltecatl   Mexico 2:53:16
Christoph Sommer   Switzerland DNF
Frederic van Den Heede   Belgium DNF

The Men's marathon, T54 was held on January 30

T54 = normal upper limb function, partial to normal trunk function, may have significant function of the lower limbs.

Results

edit

[12]

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  Kurt Fearnley   Australia 1:31:09
  Heinz Frei   Switzerland 1:31:09
  Masazumi Soejima   Japan 1:31:10
4 Kota Hokinoue   Japan 1:31:10
5 Roger Puigbo Verdaguer   Spain 1:31:10 SB
6 Ernst Francois van Dyk   South Africa 1:31:10
7 Pierre Fairbank   France 1:31:11 SB
8 Nobukazu Hanaoka   Japan 1:31:14
9 Alain Fuss   France 1:34:24
10 Tomasz Hamerlak   Poland 1:34:24 SB
11 Saul Mendoza Hernandez   Mexico 1:34:24 SB
12 Aaron Gordian Martinez   Mexico 1:34:25
13 Rafael Botello Jimenez   Spain 1:34:27 SB
14 Masayuki Higuchi   Japan 1:36:09
15 Jorge Madera   Spain 1:36:40
16 Aron Andersson   Sweden 1:36:40
17 Khachonsak Thamsophon   Thailand 1:36:40
18 Ebbe Blichfeldt   Denmark 1:39:58 SB
19 Aaron Pike   United States 1:40:53
20 Brett McArthur   Australia 1:42:14
21 Hiroyuki Yamamoto   Japan 1:42:31
22 Ekkachai Janthon   Thailand 1:45:40
23 Sukhum Namlun   Thailand 1:47:09
24 Ryan Chalmers   United States 1:49:05
Alberto Baptista   Portugal DNF
Marcel Hug   Switzerland DNF
Denis Lemeunier   France DNF
Richard Nicholson   Australia DNF
Alfonso Zaragoza   Mexico DNF
Josh Cassidy   Canada DNS
Jean-Paul Compaore   Canada DNS
Michel Filteau   Canada DNS
Kyle Shaw   Canada DNS
David Weir   Great Britain DNS

Key: SB = Season Best, DNF = Did not Finish, DNS = Did not Start

See also

edit

References

edit
General
Specific
  1. ^ David Weir pulls out of IPC marathon over safety fears, BBC, 29 January 2011
  2. ^ Marathon doubts for Notts paralympian Richard Whitehead, BBC News, February 7, 2011
  3. ^ Whitehead faces a marathon battle to fulfil his dream, thisisnottingham.co.uk, February 9, 2011
  4. ^ Craig Spence: No-legged marathon runner wasn't barred – his event simply doesn't exist in this year's Championships, insideworldparasport.biz, January 12, 2011
  5. ^ Medallists - MEN'S MARATHON - T11 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
  6. ^ Medallists - MEN'S MARATHON - T12 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
  7. ^ Medallists - MEN'S MARATHON - T46 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
  8. ^ Medallists - MEN'S MARATHON - T54 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
  9. ^ Final - MEN'S MARATHON - T11 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
  10. ^ Final - MEN'S MARATHON - T12 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
  11. ^ Final - MEN'S MARATHON - T46 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
  12. ^ Final - MEN'S MARATHON - T54 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships