Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T54
Men's 1500 metres T54 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 30–31 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 19 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's 1500 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place between 30 and 31 August 2021.
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
Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
World Record | ![]() | 2:51.84 | Nottwil, Switzerland | 3 June 2017 |
Paralympic Record | ![]() | 3:00.10 | Beijing, China | 15 September 2008 |
Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
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Africa | 2:54.18 | Yassine Gharbi | ![]() |
America | 2:51.84 WR | Brent Lakatos | ![]() |
Asia | 2:53.38 | Zhang Yong | ![]() |
Europe | 2:52.11 | Richard Chiassaro | ![]() |
Oceania | 2:58.88 | Jake Lappin | ![]() |
Results
Heats
Heat 1 took place on 30 August 2021, at 12:44:[2]
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Class | Time | Notes |
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1 | Prawat Wahoram | ![]() | T54 | 3:03.07 | Q |
2 | Zhang Yong | ![]() | T54 | 3:03.45 | Q, SB |
3 | Julien Casoli | ![]() | T54 | 3:03.48 | Q |
4 | Masayuki Higuchi | ![]() | T54 | 3:03.60 | |
5 | Brent Lakatos | ![]() | T53 | 3:03.72 | |
6 | Brian Siemann | ![]() | T53 | 3:03.84 | |
7 | Dai Yunqiang | ![]() | T54 | 3:04.24 | SB |
8 | Richard Chiassaro | ![]() | T54 | 3:05.44 | SB |
Alexey Bychenok | ![]() | T54 | DNS |
Heat 2 took place on 30 August 2021, at 12:51:[3]
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Class | Time | Notes |
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1 | Marcel Hug | ![]() | T54 | 2:54.63 | Q, GR |
2 | Zhang Ying | ![]() | T54 | 2:55.66 | Q, PB |
3 | Daniel Romanchuk | ![]() | T54 | 2:55.83 | Q |
4 | David Weir | ![]() | T54 | 2:55.84 | q |
5 | Putharet Khongrak | ![]() | T54 | 2:56.03 | q |
6 | Daniel Sidbury | ![]() | T54 | 2:56.26 | q, PB |
7 | Tomoki Suzuki | ![]() | T54 | 2:56.34 | q, SB |
8 | Vitalii Gritsenko | ![]() | T53 | 2:56.96 | PB |
9 | Aaron Pike | ![]() | T54 | 2:57.49 | |
10 | Alhassane Baldé | ![]() | T54 | 2:58.92 |
Final
The final took place on 31 August 2021, at 11:46:[4]
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Class | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Marcel Hug | ![]() | T54 | 2:49.55 | WR |
![]() | Prawat Wahoram | ![]() | T54 | 2:50.20 | AR |
![]() | Putharet Khongrak | ![]() | T54 | 2:50.68 | PB |
4 | Zhang Yong | ![]() | T54 | 2:50.78 | PB |
5 | Daniel Romanchuk | ![]() | T54 | 2:50.86 | AR |
6 | Daniel Sidbury | ![]() | T54 | 2:51.11 | PB |
7 | Julien Casoli | ![]() | T54 | 2:51.69 | PB |
8 | Zhang Ying | ![]() | T54 | 2:53.26 | PB |
9 | Tomoki Suzuki | ![]() | T54 | 2:53.60 | PB |
10 | David Weir | ![]() | T54 | 2:53.84 | PB |
References
- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.