Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T54

  • 2 September 2024 (round 1)
  • 3 September 2024 (final)
Competitors16 from 10 nationsWinning time2:49.93Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jin Hua  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dai Yumqiang  China
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The men's 1500 metres T54 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 2 and 3 September 2024.

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  Marcel Hug (SUI) 2:43.37 United Arab Emirates Dubai 27 February 2023
Paralympic Record  Marcel Hug (SUI) 2:49.55 Japan Tokyo 31 August 2021
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Results

Round 1

First 5 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jin Hua  China 2:56.05 Q
2 Dai Yumqiang  China 2:57.28 Q
3 Nathan Maguire  Great Britain 2:57.41 Q
4 Yassine Gharbi  Tunisia 2:57.48 Q, SB
5 Marcel Hug  Switzerland 2:58.42 Q
6 Putharet Khongrak  Thailand 2:58.57
7 Aaron Pike  United States 2:58.86
8 Brent Lakatos  Canada 2:59.19 SB
9 Samuel Rizzo  Australia 3:02.92
Source:[2]

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Daniel Romanchuk  United States 3:05.10 Q
2 Faisal Alrajehi  Kuwait 3:05.16 Q
3 Luo Xingchuan  China 3:05.19 Q
4 Phiphatphong Sianglam  Thailand 3:05.26 Q
5 Tomoki Suzuki  Japan 3:05.31 Q
6 David Weir  Great Britain 3:05.35
7 Daniel Sidbury  Great Britain 3:05.44
Saichon Konjen  Thailand DNS
Source:[3]

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jin Hua  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dai Yumqiang  China PB
4 Phiphatphong Sianglam  Thailand
5 Nathan Maguire  Great Britain
6 Luo Xingchuan  China PB
7 Tomoki Suzuki  Japan
8 Yassine Gharbi  Tunisia SB
9 Daniel Romanchuk  United States SB
10 Faisal Alrajehi  Kuwait
Source:[4]

References

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Men's 1500m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Men's 1500m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Men's 1500m – T54 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.