The men's marathon T12 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 5 September 2021.
| Men's marathon T12 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 5 September 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.
Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Jaryd Clifford (AUS) |
2:19:08 | Sydney, Australia | 25 April 2021 |
| Paralympic Record |  Alberto Suárez Laso (ESP) |
2:24:50 | London, United Kingdom | 9 September 2012 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 2:21:23 | El Amin Chentouf |  Morocco
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| America | 2:26:39 | Elkin Serna |  Colombia
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| Asia | 2:22:28 | Tadashi Horikoshi |  Japan
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| Europe | 2:21:47 | Alberto Suárez Laso |  Spain
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| Oceania | 2:19:08 WR | Jaryd Clifford | Australia
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Results edit
The race took place on 5 September 2021, at 6:50:[2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Class | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
El Amin Chentouf |  Morocco |
T12 | 2:21:43 | GR |
 |
Jaryd Clifford |  Australia |
T12 | 2:26:09 | |
 |
Tadashi Horikoshi |  Japan |
T12 | 2:28:01 | SB |
| 4 | Hatem Nasrallah |  Tunisia |
T12 | 2:29:55 | |
| 5 | Alberto Suárez Laso | Spain |
T12 | 2:30:44 | SB |
| 6 | Wajdi Boukhili | Tunisia |
T12 | 2:31:16 | |
| 7 | Yutaka Kumagai | Japan |
T12 | 2:31:32 | SB |
| 8 | Gustavo Nieves | Spain |
T12 | 2:32:08 | SB |
| 9 | Shinya Wada | Japan |
T11 | 2:33:05 | GR (T11) |
| 10 | Denis Gavrilov Sergey Ivanov (Guide) |
 RPC |
T12 | 2:39:48 | SB |
| 11 | Nacer-Eddine Karfas |  Algeria |
T12 | 2:41:02 | SB |
| 12 | Hicham Hanyn | Morocco |
T12 | 2:41:04 | SB |
| Yeltsin Jacques |  Brazil |
T11 | DNF |
References edit
- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.