Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T53

From The Right Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search

Men's 800 metres T53
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates2 September 2021 (final)
Competitors11 from 7 nations
Winning time1:36.07
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pongsakorn Paeyo File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brent Lakatos File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pierre Fairbank File:Flag of France.svg France
2016
2024

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

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]

World Record File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brent Lakatos (CAN) 1:31.69 Arbon, Switzerland 2 June 2019
Paralympic Record File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Huzhao (CHN) 1:36.30 Beijing, China 15 September 2008
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 1:44.68 Walid Ktila File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
America 1:31.69 WR Brent Lakatos File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Asia 1:34.91 Hong Suk-man File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Europe 1:32.36 Pierre Fairbank File:Flag of France.svg France
Oceania 1:37.49 Richard Colman File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:21:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Brent Lakatos File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1:42.29 Q
2 4 Masaberee Arsae File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1:42.52 Q
3 7 Vitalii Gritsenko File:Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg RPC 1:42.52 Q
4 5 Nicolas Brignone File:Flag of France.svg France 1:46.85
5 6 Joshusa George File:Flag of the United States.svg 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 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1:40.28 Q
2 3 Pichet Krungget File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1:40.90 Q
3 8 Yang Shaoqiao File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1:41.19 Q, SB
4 4 Pierre Fairbank File:Flag of France.svg France 1:41.28 q
5 6 Brian Siemann File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1:41.52 q
6 5 Yoo Byung-hoon File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1:41.55 SB

Final

The final took place on 2 September, at 20:03:[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Pongsakorn Paeyo File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1:36.07 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Brent Lakatos File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1:36.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Pierre Fairbank File:Flag of France.svg France 1:39.67
4 2 Yang Shaoqiao File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1:40.08 SB
5 7 Pichet Krungget File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1:40.09
6 1 Vitalii Gritsenko File:Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg RPC 1:40.51 SB
7 5 Masaberee Arsae File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1:42.09
8 8 Brian Siemann File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1:47.18

References

  1. "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  3. "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.