Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T54

The Men's 1500 metres T54 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 3 to 4 September.[1]

Men's 1500 metres T54
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Olympic Stadium
Dates3 to 4 September
Competitors21 from 14 nations
Winning time3:12.09
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Weir  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Prawat Wahoram  Thailand
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Gyu Dae  South Korea
Athletics at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Classification
T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired
T/F20: Intellectual disability
T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy
F40: Les Autres
T/F42–46: Amputees
T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability
Men T/F51–58
Track
100 m   T51   T52   T53   T54
200 m T52 T53
400 m T52 T53 T54
800 m T52 T53 T54
1500 m T54
5000 m T54
4×400 m relay T53-54
Road
Marathon T54
Field
Shot put F52-3 F54-6
F57-8
Club throw F31-32/51
Discus throw F51-3 F54-6
F57-8
Javelin throw F52-3 F54-6
F57-8
Women T/F51–58
Track
100 m T52 T53 T54
200 m T52 T53
400 m T53 T54
800 m T53 T54
1500 m T54
5000 m T54
Road
Marathon T54
Field
Shot put F54-6
F57-8
Club throw F31-32/51
Discus throw F51-3
F57-8
Javelin throw F33-34/52-53 F54-6
F57-8

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

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Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:

World record   David Weir (GBR) 2:55.72 29 June 2007 Atlanta, United States
Paralympic record   Prawat Wahorum (THA) 3:00.10 15 September 2008 Beijing, China

Results

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Round 1

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Competed 3 September 2012 from 10:40. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Marcel Hug   Switzerland 3:11.17 Q
2 Prawat Wahoram   Thailand 3:11.31 Q
3 David Weir   Great Britain 3:11.35 Q
4 Zhang Lixin   China 3:11.40 q
5 Mohammad Vahdani   United Arab Emirates 3:13.58
6 Hiroyuki Yamamoto   Japan 3:14.36
7 Aaron Pike   United States 3:15.04

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Kurt Fearnley   Australia 3:19.18 Q
2 Liu Chengming   China 3:19.35 Q
3 Josh Cassidy   Canada 3:19.54 Q
4 Hong Sukman   South Korea 3:19.72
5 Nobukazu Hanaoka   Japan 3:19.84
6 Ahmed Aouadi   Tunisia 3:20.35
7 Tomasz Hamerlak   Poland 3:20.42

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Saichon Konjen   Thailand 3:14.81 Q
2 Kim Gyu Dae   South Korea 3:14.90 Q
3 Liu Yang   China 3:15.07 Q
4 Julien Casoli   France 3:15.18
5 Joshua George   United States 3:15.76
6 Masazumi Soejima   Japan 3:17.11
7 Fernando Sanchez Nava   Mexico 3:17.16

Final

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Competed 4 September 2012 at 21:37.

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  David Weir   Great Britain 3:12.09
  Prawat Wahoram   Thailand 3:12.32
  Kim Gyu Dae   South Korea 3:12.57
4 Marcel Hug   Switzerland 3:12.76
5 Saichon Konjen   Thailand 3:12.84
6 Liu Chengming   China 3:12.86
7 Kurt Fearnley   Australia 3:13.23
8 Liu Yang   China 3:13.63
9 Zhang Lixin   China 3:14.05
10 Josh Cassidy   Canada 3:14.70

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time.

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics - Schedule & Results". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.