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
T11 edit
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
| 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
T12 edit
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
| 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
T46 edit
The Men's marathon, T46 was held on January 30
T46 = single above or below elbow amputation or equivalent impairments.
Results edit
| 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 |
T54 edit
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
Key: SB = Season Best, DNF = Did not Finish, DNS = Did not Start
See also edit
References edit
- General
- Schedule and results, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
- IPC Athletics Classification Explained, Scottish Disability Sport
- Specific
- ^ David Weir pulls out of IPC marathon over safety fears, BBC, 29 January 2011
- ^ Marathon doubts for Notts paralympian Richard Whitehead, BBC News, February 7, 2011
- ^ Whitehead faces a marathon battle to fulfil his dream, thisisnottingham.co.uk, February 9, 2011
- ^ 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
- ^ Medallists - MEN'S MARATHON - T11 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
- ^ Medallists - MEN'S MARATHON - T12 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
- ^ Medallists - MEN'S MARATHON - T46 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
- ^ Medallists - MEN'S MARATHON - T54 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
- ^ Final - MEN'S MARATHON - T11 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
- ^ Final - MEN'S MARATHON - T12 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
- ^ Final - MEN'S MARATHON - T46 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
- ^ Final - MEN'S MARATHON - T54 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships