Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T54
Men's marathon T54 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 5 September 2021 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 15 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:24:02 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's marathon T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 5 September 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 | ![]() | 1:20:14 | Ōita, Japan | 31 October 1999 |
Paralympic Record | ![]() | 1:23:17 | Beijing, China | 17 September 2008 |
Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
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Africa | 1:23:18 | Ernst van Dyk | ![]() |
America | 1:23:20 | Aarón Gordian Martínez | ![]() |
Asia | 1:21:52 | Tomoki Suzuki | ![]() |
Europe | 1:20:14 WR | Heinz Frei | ![]() |
Oceania | 1:23:17 PR | Kurt Fearnley | ![]() |
Results
The race took place on 5 September 2021, at 6:30:[2]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Class | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Marcel Hug | ![]() | T54 | 1:24:02 | SB |
![]() | Zhang Yong | ![]() | T54 | 1:24:22 | PB |
![]() | Daniel Romanchuk | ![]() | T54 | 1:29:05 | SB |
4 | Brent Lakatos | ![]() | T53 | 1:29:18 | PB |
5 | David Weir | ![]() | T54 | 1:29:45 | SB |
6 | Aaron Pike | ![]() | T54 | 1:29:45 | SB |
7 | Tomoki Suzuki | ![]() | T54 | 1:30:45 | SB |
8 | Yang Shaoqiao | ![]() | T53 | 1:31:27 | |
9 | Dai Yunqiang | ![]() | T54 | 1:31:27 | SB |
10 | JohnBoy Smith | ![]() | T54 | 1:32:25 | SB |
11 | Zhang Ying | ![]() | T54 | 1:32:26 | SB |
12 | Patrick Monahan | ![]() | T53 | 1:32:54 | SB |
13 | Vitalii Gritsenko | ![]() | T53 | 1:33:13 | SB |
14 | Yoo Byung-hoon | ![]() | T53 | 1:41:44 | SB |
15 | Brian Siemann | ![]() | T53 | 1:44:42 | SB |