Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T53
| Men's 800 metres T53 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 2 September 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:36.07 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's 800 metres T53 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 2 September 2021.
The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Brent Lakatos (CAN) |
1:31.69 | Arbon, Switzerland | 2 June 2019 |
| Paralympic Record |  Li Huzhao (CHN) |
1:36.30 | Beijing, China | 15 September 2008 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 1:44.68 | Walid Ktila |  Tunisia
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| America | 1:31.69 WR | Brent Lakatos | Canada
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| Asia | 1:34.91 | Hong Suk-man |  South Korea
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| Europe | 1:32.36 | Pierre Fairbank |  France
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| Oceania | 1:37.49 | Richard Colman |  Australia
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Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:21:[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Brent Lakatos |  Canada |
1:42.29 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Masaberee Arsae |  Thailand |
1:42.52 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Vitalii Gritsenko |  RPC |
1:42.52 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Nicolas Brignone |  France |
1:46.85 | |
| 5 | 6 | Joshusa George |  United States |
1:55.33 |
Heat 2 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:29:[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Pongsakorn Paeyo | Thailand |
1:40.28 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Pichet Krungget | Thailand |
1:40.90 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Yang Shaoqiao | China |
1:41.19 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 4 | Pierre Fairbank | France |
1:41.28 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Brian Siemann | United States |
1:41.52 | q |
| 6 | 5 | Yoo Byung-hoon |  South Korea |
1:41.55 | SB |
Final
[edit]The final took place on 2 September, at 20:03:[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | Pongsakorn Paeyo | Thailand |
1:36.07 | GR |
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6 | Brent Lakatos | Canada |
1:36.32 | |
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4 | Pierre Fairbank | France |
1:39.67 | |
| 4 | 2 | Yang Shaoqiao | China |
1:40.08 | SB |
| 5 | 7 | Pichet Krungget | Thailand |
1:40.09 | |
| 6 | 1 | Vitalii Gritsenko | RPC |
1:40.51 | SB |
| 7 | 5 | Masaberee Arsae | Thailand |
1:42.09 | |
| 8 | 8 | Brian Siemann | United States |
1:47.18 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.