Wikipedia

Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T54

The men's 1500 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place between 30 and 31 August 2021.

Men's 1500 metres T54
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates30–31 August 2021
Competitors19 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Prawat Wahoram  Thailand
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Putharet Khongrak  Thailand
←2016

The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

Records edit

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

World Record   Brent Lakatos (CAN) 2:51.84 Nottwil, Switzerland 3 June 2017
Paralympic Record   Prawat Wahoram (THA) 3:00.10 Beijing, China 15 September 2008
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 2:54.18 Yassine Gharbi   Tunisia
America 2:51.84 WR Brent Lakatos   Canada
Asia 2:53.38 Zhang Yong   China
Europe 2:52.11 Richard Chiassaro   Great Britain
Oceania 2:58.88 Jake Lappin   Australia

Results edit

Heats edit

Heat 1 took place on 30 August 2021, at 12:44:[2]

Rank Athlete Nation Class Time Notes
1 Prawat Wahoram   Thailand T54 3:03.07 Q
2 Zhang Yong   China T54 3:03.45 Q, SB
3 Julien Casoli   France T54 3:03.48 Q
4 Masayuki Higuchi   Japan T54 3:03.60
5 Brent Lakatos   Canada T53 3:03.72
6 Brian Siemann   United States T53 3:03.84
7 Dai Yunqiang   China T54 3:04.24 SB
8 Richard Chiassaro   Great Britain T54 3:05.44 SB
Alexey Bychenok   RPC T54 DNS

Heat 2 took place on 30 August 2021, at 12:51:[3]

Rank Athlete Nation Class Time Notes
1 Marcel Hug   Switzerland T54 2:54.63 Q, GR
2 Zhang Ying   China T54 2:55.66 Q, PB
3 Daniel Romanchuk   United States T54 2:55.83 Q
4 David Weir   Great Britain T54 2:55.84 q
5 Putharet Khongrak   Thailand T54 2:56.03 q
6 Daniel Sidbury   Great Britain T54 2:56.26 q, PB
7 Tomoki Suzuki   Japan T54 2:56.34 q, SB
8 Vitalii Gritsenko   RPC T53 2:56.96 PB
9 Aaron Pike   United States T54 2:57.49
10 Alhassane Baldé   Germany T54 2:58.92

Final edit

The final took place on 31 August 2021, at 11:46:[4]

Rank Athlete Nation Class Time Notes
  Marcel Hug   Switzerland T54 2:49.55 WR
  Prawat Wahoram   Thailand T54 2:50.20 AR
  Putharet Khongrak   Thailand T54 2:50.68 PB
4 Zhang Yong   China T54 2:50.78 PB
5 Daniel Romanchuk   United States T54 2:50.86 AR
6 Daniel Sidbury   Great Britain T54 2:51.11 PB
7 Julien Casoli   France T54 2:51.69 PB
8 Zhang Ying   China T54 2:53.26 PB
9 Tomoki Suzuki   Japan T54 2:53.60 PB
10 David Weir   Great Britain T54 2:53.84 PB

References edit

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Paralympics_–_Men%27s_1500_metres_T54&oldid=1106682155"