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

Men's 1500 metres T54
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates
  • 30 August 2021 (heats)
  • 31 August 2021 (final)
Competitors19 from 10 nations
Winning time2:49.55
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
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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  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

Heats

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

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

Rank Athlete Nation Class Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland T54 2:49.55 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Prawat Wahoram  Thailand T54 2:50.20 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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.