2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships is held at the QEII Stadium on 22–27, and 29 January

In the classification T37 event, there were only two competitors, so even though Irelands Michael McKillop set a World Record, he did not receive a medal, as there must be a minimum of three competitors.[1]

Medalists

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Class Gold Silver Bronze
T11 Odair Santos
 Brazil
Samwel Mushai Kimani
 Kenya
Zhang Zhen
 China
T12 Abderrahim Zhiou
 Morocco
Henry Kirwa
 Kenya
Ignacio Avila
 Spain
T13 Tarik Zalzouli
 Morocco
Lukasz Wietecki
 Poland
Youssef Benbrahim
 Morocco
T20 Bazanjani Peyman Nasiri
 Iran
Tim Page
 Australia
Mncedi Khanti
 South Africa
T36 Artem Arefyev
 Russia
Paul Blake
 Great Britain
Jose Manuel Gonzalez
 Spain
T37 Michael McKillop
 Ireland
Khaled Hanani
 Algeria
T46 Samir Nouioua
 Algeria
Wondiye Fikre Indelbu
 Ethiopia
Abraham Tarbei
 Kenya
T52 Hirokazu Ueyonabaru
 Japan
Thomas Geierspichler
 Austria
Santiago Sanz
 Spain
T54 David Weir
 Great Britain
Marcel Hug
 Switzerland
Saichon Konjen
 Thailand

T11

T12

T13

T20

T36

T37

The Men's 1500 metres, T37 was held on January 26

T37 = spasticity in an arm and leg on one side of the body, good functional ability on the other side.

Results

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Michael McKillop  Ireland 4:14.81 WR
2 Khaled Hanani  Algeria 4:31.98
Splits
Intermediate Athlete Country Mark
400m Michael McKillop  Ireland 1:03.85
800m Michael McKillop  Ireland 2:14.07
1200m Michael McKillop  Ireland 3:22.61

T46

T52

The Men's 1500 metres, T52 was held on January 22

T52 = good shoulder, elbow and wrist function, poor to normal finger flexion and extension, no trunk or leg function

Results

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hirokazu Ueyonabaru  Japan 4:04.51
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thomas Geierspichler  Austria 4:04.92
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Santiago Sanz  Spain 4:05.01
4 Toshihiro Takada  Japan 4:19.94
Splits
Intermediate Athlete Country Mark
400m Hirokazu Ueyonabaru  Japan 1:08.86
800m Thomas Geierspichler  Austria 2:16.07
1200m Santiago Sanz  Spain 3:19.60

T54

The Men's 1500 metres, T54 was held on January 25 and 26

T54 = normal upper limb function, partial to normal trunk function, may have significant function of the lower limbs.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 1 fastest(q) advance to the final.[6]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Julien Casoli  France 3:10.54 Q
2 3 Prawat Wahoram  Thailand 3:11.29 Q
3 3 Jordan Bird  United States 3:11.46 Q
4 3 Richard Colman  Australia 3:11.81 q
5 3 Kota Hokinoue  Japan 3:11.84
6 3 Josh Cassidy  Canada 3:11.98
7 3 Martin Velasco Soria  Mexico 3:12.61
8 3 Alejandro Maldonado  Argentina 3:13.00
9 1 Marcel Hug  Switzerland 3:16.83 Q
10 1 Saichon Konjen  Thailand 3:16.83 Q
11 1 Tomasz Hamerlak  Poland 3:17.00 Q
12 1 Alfonso Zaragoza  Mexico 3:17.06
13 1 Pierre Fairbank  France 3:17.18
14 1 Matthew Lack  New Zealand 3:17.42
15 1 Jun Hiromichi  Japan 3:17.69
16 1 Michel Filteau  Canada 3:17.92
17 3 Ibrahim Salim Banihammad  United Arab Emirates 3:23.44
18 1 Ryan Chalmers  United States 3:24.49
19 2 David Weir  Great Britain 3:29.00 Q
20 2 Jean-Paul Compaore  Canada 3:30.55 Q
21 2 Jake Christopher Lappin  Australia 3:30.70 Q
22 2 Khachonsak Thamsophon  Thailand 3:30.93
23 2 Alain Fuss  France 3:31.33
24 2 Hiroyuki Yamamoto  Japan 3:31.69
25 2 Ebbe Blichfeldt  Denmark 3:32.14
26 2 Aaron Pike  United States 3:33.21

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Weir  Great Britain 3:10.93
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland 3:11.13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Saichon Konjen  Thailand 3:11.13
4 Richard Colman  Australia 3:11.77
5 Julien Casoli  France 3:11.92
6 Jordan Bird  United States 3:12.80
7 Prawat Wahoram  Thailand 3:13.04
8 Jean-Paul Compaore  Canada 3:18.99
9 Tomasz Hamerlak  Poland 3:23.10
10 Jake Christopher Lappin  Australia 3:50.27
Splits
Intermediate Athlete Country Mark
400m Marcel Hug  Switzerland 51.72
800m Marcel Hug  Switzerland 1:44.85
1200m Marcel Hug  Switzerland 2:36.90

See also

References

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