Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon

The Men's marathon athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place in the streets of Rio de Janeiro on the 18 September. A total of three events were contested over this distance for three different disability classifications.

Medal summary edit

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
T12
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El Amin Chentouf
  Morocco
2:32:17 Alberto Suarez Laso
  Spain
2:33:11 Masahiro Okamura
  Japan
2:33.59
T46
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Li Chaoyan
  China
2:33.35 Abderrahman Ait Khamouch
  Spain
2:37.01 Manuel Mendes
  Portugal
2:49.57
T54
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Marcel Hug
  Switzerland
1:26.16 Kurt Fearnley
  Australia
1:26.17 Kim Gyu-dae
  South Korea
1:30.08

Results edit

T12 edit

The T12 men's marathon was open to both T12 and T11 competitors, which are classifications for visually impaired athletes.[1]

Rank Name Nationality classification Time Notes
  El Amin Chentouf   Morocco T12 2:32:17 SB
  Alberto Suarez Laso   Spain T12 2:33:11 SB
  Masahiro Okamura   Japan T12 2:33.59
4 Tadashi Horikoshi   Japan T12 2:36.50 SB
5 Shinya Wada   Japan T11 2:39.52
6 Gabriel Macchi   Portugal T12 2:43.49 SB
7 Jorge Pina   Portugal T12 2:55.47
8 Sandi Novak   Slovenia T11 3:02.36
- Gustavo Nieves   Spain T12 Did not finish
- Elkin Alonso Serna Moreno   Colombia T12 Did not finish
- Gad Yarkoni   Israel T11 Disqualified

T46 edit

The T46 men's marathon was open to T46 competitors only.[2]

Rank Name Nationality classification Time Notes
  Li Chaoyan   China T46 2:33.35 RR
  Abderrahman Ait Khamouch   Spain T46 2:37:01 SB
  Manuel Mendes   Portugal T46 2:49.57
4 Efraín Sotacuro   Peru T46 2:55.27
5 Mario Bauer   Austria T46 2:58.34
6 Christoph Sommer   Switzerland T46 3:07.11 SB
- Alex Douglas Silva   Brazil T46 Did not finish
- Derek Rae   Great Britain T46 Did not finish
- Pedro Meza Zempoaltecatl   Mexico T46 Did not finish
- Abdelhadi El Harti   Morocco T46 Did not finish
- Alessandro di Lello   Italy T46 Did not start

T54 edit

The T54 men's marathon was open to both T54 and T53 competitors only.[3]

Rank Name Nationality classification Time Notes
  Marcel Hug   Switzerland T54 1:26.16
  Kurt Fearnley   Australia T54 1:26.17
  Kim Gyu-dae   South Korea T54 1:30.08 SB
4 Liu Chengming   China T54 1:30.09 PB
5 Prawat Wahoram   Thailand T54 1:30.09
6 Ernst van Dyk   South Africa T54 1:30.11
7 Kota Hokinoue   Japan T54 1:30.11
8 Jorge Madera   Spain T54 1:30.12 SB
9 Pierre Fairbank   France T53 1:30.12 PB
10 Aaron Pike   United States T54 1:30.13
11 Masazumi Soejima   Japan T54 1:30.13
12 Hiroyuki Yamamoto   Japan T54 1:30.14
13 Rawat Tana   Thailand T54 1:30.17
14 Simon Lawson   Great Britain T53 1:32.15
15 Jose Jimenez Hernandez   Costa Rica T53 1:35.58 SB
16 Patrick Monahan   Ireland T53 1:40.26
17 Heinz Frei   Switzerland T53 1:40.29
18 Kozo Kubo   Japan T54 1:46.31
- Tobais Loetscher   Switzerland T54 Did not finish
- Joshua George   United States T53 Did not finish
- David Weir   Great Britain T54 Did not finish
- James Senbeta   United States T54 Did not finish
- Julien Casoli   France T54 Did not finish
- Hong Suk Man   South Korea T54 Did not start

References edit

  1. ^ "Results - Men's Marathon - T12". IPC. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Results - Men's Marathon - T46". IPC. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Results - Men's Marathon - T53". IPC. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.