Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T13

The men's 400 metres T13 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place between 1 and 2 September 2021.

Men's 400 metres T13
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates1–2 September 2021
Competitors15 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Skander Djamil Athmani  Algeria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mohamed Amguoun  Morocco
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Johannes Nambala  Namibia
2016

The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]

World Record   Mohamed Amguoun (MAR) 46.92 London, United Kingdom 21 July 2017
Paralympic Record   Mohamed Amguoun (MAR) 47.15 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15 September 2016
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 46.92 WR Mohamed Amguoun   Morocco
America 49.27 Valerys Larrondo Gutierrez   Cuba
Asia 49.89 Fakhriddin Khamraev   Uzbekistan
Europe 48.37 Egor Sharov   Russia
Oceania 51.38 Tim Prendergast   New Zealand

Results edit

Heats edit

Heat 1 took place on 1 September 2021, at 20:19:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Skander Djamil Athmani   Algeria 47.86 Q, PB
2 6 Egor Sharov   RPC 49.91 Q, SB
3 3 Buinder Brainer Bermúdez Villar   Colombia 49.91 Q, PB
4 4 Hakan Cira   Turkey 50.23 q
5 8 Vahid Alinajimi   Iran 50.25 PB
6 5 Joel Gomez   United States 52.06 PB
7 Mouncef Bouja   Morocco DNF

Heat 2 took place on 1 September 2021, at 20:27:[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Mohamed Amguoun   Morocco 48.52 Q, SB
2 7 Johannes Nambala   Namibia 49.37 Q, SB
3 6 Aleksandr Shirin   RPC 49.83 Q, SB
4 5 Edwin Masuge   Botswana 50.13 q, PB
5 4 Jorge Benjamín González Sauceda   Mexico 50.53 SB
6 3 Elmir Jabrayilov   Azerbaijan 52.17
7 8 Hilario Chavela   Mozambique 53.02 PB
9 Abdellatif Baka   Algeria DNS

Final edit

The final took place on 2 September 2021, at 9:54:[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  6 Skander Djamil Athmani   Algeria 46.70 WR
  7 Mohamed Amguoun   Morocco 47.70 SB
  4 Johannes Nambala   Namibia 48.76 SB
4 8 Buinder Brainer Bermúdez Villar   Colombia 49.26 AR
5 9 Aleksandr Shirin   RPC 49.75 SB
6 3 Hakan Cira   Turkey 50.05
7 2 Edwin Masuge   Botswana 50.54
8 5 Egor Sharov   RPC 50.96

References edit

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.