The men's 800 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 2 September 2021.
| Men's 800 metres T54 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 2 September 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 edit
Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Daniel Romanchuk (USA) |
1:29.54 | Arbon, Switzerland | 24 May 2021 |
| Paralympic Record |  Choke Yasuoka (JPN) |
1:32.45 | Athens, Greece | 25 September 2004 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 1:31.24 | Yassine Gharbi |  Tunisia
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| America | 1:29.54 WR | Daniel Romanchuk | United States
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| Asia | 1:31.41 | Zhang Yong |  China
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| Europe | 1:30.35 | Richard Chiassaro |  Great Britain
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| Oceania | 1:32.73 | Kurt Fearnley |  Australia
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Results edit
Heats edit
Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:49:[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Prawat Wahoram |  Thailand |
1:33.59 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Zhang Yong |  China |
1:33.85 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 8 | Aaron Pike |  United States |
1:36.48 | |
| 4 | 7 | Tomoki Suzuki | Japan |
1:37.85 | |
| 5 | 6 | Kenny van Weeghel |  Netherlands |
1:40.87 | |
| 4 | Richard Chiassaro |  Great Britain |
DNS |
Heat 2 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:56:[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Marcel Hug |  Switzerland |
1:34.38 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Putharet Khongrak | Thailand |
1:34.96 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Dai Yunqiang | China |
1:35.12 | q, SB |
| 4 | 7 | Julien Casoli |  France |
1:35.38 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Nathan Maguire | Great Britain |
1:36.73 |
Heat 3 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:03:[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Daniel Romanchuk | United States |
1:31.83 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 7 | Saichon Konjen | Thailand |
1:37.08 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Song Lei | China |
1:37.80 | SB |
| 4 | 3 | Alhassane Baldé |  Germany |
1:41.10 | |
| 6 | Danny Sidbury | Great Britain |
DQ |
Final edit
The final took place on 2 September, at 20:32:[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland |
1:33.68 | |
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2 | Dai Yunqiang | China |
1:34.11 | SB |
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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 edit
- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Heat 3 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.