The men's 1500 metres T20 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place on 3 September 2021.
| Men's 1500 metres T20 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 3 September 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.
Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Michael Brannigan (USA) |
3:45.50 | New York, United States | 11 February 2017 |
| Paralympic Record |  Michael Brannigan (USA) |
3:51.73 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 13 September 2016 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 4:31.47 | Record Mark | |
| America | 3:45.50 WR | Michael Brannigan | United States
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| Asia | 3:53.35 | Daiki Akai |  Japan
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| Europe | 3:54.36 | Aleksandr Rabotnitskii |  Russia
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| Oceania | 4:11.81 | Kyle McIntosh |  Australia
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Results edit
The final took place on 3 September 2021, at 10:13:[2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Owen Miller |  Great Britain |
3:54.57 | |
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Alexandr Rabotnitskii |  RPC |
3:55.78 | |
 |
Ndiaga Dieng |  Italy |
3:57.24 | |
| 4 | Michael Brannigan | United States |
3:58.43 | SB |
| 5 | Daiki Akai |  Japan |
3:58.78 | |
| 6 | Pavel Sarkeev | RPC |
4:00.43 | |
| 7 | Daniel Pek |  Poland |
4:01.00 | SB |
| 8 | Yuki Iwata | Japan |
4:01.72 | |
| 9 | Yuji Togawa | Japan |
4:03.62 | |
| 10 | Carmelo Rivera Fuentes |  Puerto Rico |
4:03.68 | PB |
| 11 | Cristiano Pereira |  Portugal |
4:05.10 | |
| 12 | Sandro Patricio Correia Baessa | Portugal |
4:05.50 | |
| 13 | Pavlo Voluikevych |  Ukraine |
4:05.75 | |
| 14 | Gaël Geffroy |  France |
4:15.52 |
References edit
- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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