Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T53

Men's 400 metres T53
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates29 August 2021 (final)
Competitors14 from 10 nations
Winning time46.61
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pongsakorn Paeyo  Thailand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brent Lakatos  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vitalii Gritsenko  RPC
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The men's 400 metres T53 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 29 August 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  Brent Lakatos (CAN) 46.82 Arbon, Switzerland 1 June 2019
Paralympic Record  Hong Suk-man (KOR) 47.67 Beijing, China 11 September 2008
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 51.57 Walid Ktila  Tunisia
America 46.82 WR Brent Lakatos  Canada
Asia 47.36 Hong Suk-man  South Korea
Europe 48.88 Pierre Fairbank  France
Oceania 49.36 Richard Colman  Australia

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 29 August 2021, at 11:25:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Pongsakorn Paeyo  Thailand 47.31 Q, GR
2 2 Yoo Byung-hoon  South Korea 49.29 Q, PB
3 8 Ariosvaldo Fernandes  Brazil 51.65 Q, SB
4 6 Josh George  United States 52.24 SB
5 5 Nicolas Brignone  France 52.28
7 Masaberee Arsae  Thailand DQ WPA 18.5a
4 Yang Shaoqiao  China DQ WPA 18.5a

Heat 2 took place on 29 August 2021, at 11:34:[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Brent Lakatos  Canada 48.00 Q
2 8 Pichet Krungget  Thailand 48.70 Q, PB
3 5 Pierre Fairbank  France 48.70 Q, AR
4 2 Vitalii Gritsenko  RPC 48.74 q, PB
5 3 Brian Siemann  United States 49.74 q, SB
6 4 Tomoya Ito  Japan 57.16 PB
7 6 Abdul Rahman Al-Qurashi  Saudi Arabia 1:06.26

Final

The final took place on 29 August 2021, at 20:01:[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Pongsakorn Paeyo  Thailand 46.61 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Brent Lakatos  Canada 46.75 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Vitalii Gritsenko  RPC 49.41
4 3 Brian Siemann  United States 49.61 SB
5 6 Pichet Krungget  Thailand 49.96
6 8 Pierre Fairbank  France 50.00
7 7 Byunghoon Yoo  South Korea 50.02
8 9 Ariosvaldo Fernandes  Brazil 52.48

References

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.