Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T53

Men's 800 metres T53 at the XVII Paralympic Games
Venue	Stade de France, Paris, France
Dates	5 September 2024 (final)
Competitors	8 from 6 nations
Winning time	1:37.32
Medalists
Brent Lakatos  Canada Pongsakorn Paeyo  Thailand Brian Siemann  United States

800 metres

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The Men's 800 metres T53 at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place 5 September at the Stade de France in Paris.

Records

Athletes with a T51, T52 and T53 classification competed in this event. The World and Paralympic Games records for those classes were as follows:[1]

T51
World Record	Helder Mestre (POR)	2:30.98	Sharjah	18 March 2018
Paralympic Record	Bart Dodson (USA)	2:45.78	Barcelona	6 September 1992

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T52
World Record	Tomoki Sato (JPN)	1:51.57	Canberra	21 January 2019
Paralympic Record	Abdellah ez-Zine (MAR)	1:58.68	Athens	25 September 2004

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T53
World Record	Brent Lakatos (CAN)	1:31.69	Arbon	2 June 2019
Paralympic Record	Pongsakorn Paeyo (THA)	1:36.07	Tokyo	2 September 2021

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Classification

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.[2]

Results

Final

This event progressed directly to the final. The final in this classification took place on 5 September 2024.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Brent Lakatos	Canada	1:37.32	SB
	Pongsakorn Paeyo	Thailand	1:38.36
	Brian Siemann	United States	1:38.44
4	Pierre Fairbank	France	1:40.79
5	Pichet Krungget	Thailand	1:40.71
6	Masaberee Arsae	Thailand	1:40.91
7	Byunghoon Yoo	South Korea	1:41.20	SB
8	Mohamed Nidhal Khelifi	Tunisia	1:42.50	AR
Source:[3]

References

1. Paris 2024 : Athletics : Men's 800m T53 Records
2. World Para Athletics Classification Rules and Regulations Feb 2023
3. "Men's 800m – T53 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.