Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T53

The men's 800 metres T53 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 2 September 2021.

Men's 800 metres T53
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates2 September 2021
Competitors11 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pongsakorn Paeyo  Thailand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brent Lakatos  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pierre Fairbank  France
2016

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

Records edit

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

World Record   Brent Lakatos (CAN) 1:31.69 Arbon, Switzerland 2 June 2019
Paralympic Record   Li Huzhao (CHN) 1:36.30 Beijing, China 15 September 2008
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 1:44.68 Walid Ktila   Tunisia
America 1:31.69 WR Brent Lakatos   Canada
Asia 1:34.91 Hong Suk-man   South Korea
Europe 1:32.36 Pierre Fairbank   France
Oceania 1:37.49 Richard Colman   Australia

Results edit

Heats edit

Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:21:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Brent Lakatos   Canada 1:42.29 Q
2 4 Masaberee Arsae   Thailand 1:42.52 Q
3 7 Vitalii Gritsenko   RPC 1:42.52 Q
4 5 Nicolas Brignone   France 1:46.85
5 6 Joshusa George   United States 1:55.33

Heat 2 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:29:[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Pongsakorn Paeyo   Thailand 1:40.28 Q
2 3 Pichet Krungget   Thailand 1:40.90 Q
3 8 Yang Shaoqiao   China 1:41.19 Q, SB
4 4 Pierre Fairbank   France 1:41.28 q
5 6 Brian Siemann   United States 1:41.52 q
6 5 Yoo Byung-hoon   South Korea 1:41.55 SB

Final edit

The final took place on 2 September, at 20:03:[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Pongsakorn Paeyo   Thailand 1:36.07 GR
  6 Brent Lakatos   Canada 1:36.32
  4 Pierre Fairbank   France 1:39.67
4 2 Yang Shaoqiao   China 1:40.08 SB
5 7 Pichet Krungget   Thailand 1:40.09
6 1 Vitalii Gritsenko   RPC 1:40.51 SB
7 5 Masaberee Arsae   Thailand 1:42.09
8 8 Brian Siemann   United States 1:47.18

References edit

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.