Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T12

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The Men's Marathon T12 was held on September 17 at 7:30.

For the first time, there was no separate marathon held for athletes categorised T11 (totally blind). T11 athletes competed in the T12 marathon, against athletes with severe visual impairment (T12). The fastest finisher among the T11 competitors was Andrea Cionna of Italy, who set a new Paralympic record for his category, but finished in seventh place, six minutes behind gold medallist Qi Shun, who set a new T12 marathon world record.

Medalists

Gold	Qi Shun  China
Silver	Elkin Serna  Colombia
Bronze	Ildar Pomykalov  Russia

Results

Place	Athlete		Class		Final
1	Qi Shun (CHN)		T12		2:30:32 WR
2	Elkin Serna (COL)		T12		2:31:16
3	Ildar Pomykalov (RUS)		T12		2:33:27
4	Abderrahim Zhiou (TUN)		T12		2:35:26
5	Fabrizio Cocchi (ITA)		T12		2:35:27
6	Manuel Garnica Roldan (ESP)		T12		2:36:02
7	Andrea Cionna (ITA)		T11		2:36:43 PR
8	Moises Beristain (MEX)		T12		2:38:17
9	Luis Herrera (MEX)		T12		2:38:50
10	Tomasz Chmurzynski (POL)		T12		2:39:41
11	Diosmany Gonzalez (CUB)		T12		2:39:41
12	Linas Balsys (LTU)		T12		2:39:55
13	Roy Daniell (AUS)		T12		2:40:47
14	Gabriel Macchi (POR)		T12		2:42:06
15	Ihar Barysionak (BLR)		T12		2:42:33
16	Yuichi Takahashi (JPN)		T11		2:43:38
17	Alex Mendonca (BRA)		T12		2:44:50
18	Jorge Pina (POR)		T12		2:48:03
19	Masahito Niino (JPN)		T11		2:51:14
20	Carlos Ferreira (POR)		T11		2:54:40
21	Hirokai Kajisa (JPN)		T12		2:56:31
22	Henrik Ruffel (SWE)		T12		2:57:50
23	Beza Nebeva-Simei (ISR)		T11		3:21:07
24	Alvaro Perez (URU)		T12		3:29:59
	Aurelio Santos (BRA)		T12		DNF
	Henry Wanyoike (KEN)		T12		DNF

See also

• Marathon at the Paralympics

References

• Final