Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T54

Men's marathon T54
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates5 September 2021
Competitors15 from 9 nations
Winning time1:24:02
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhang Yong  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daniel Romanchuk  United States
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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  Heinz Frei (SUI) 1:20:14 Ōita, Japan 31 October 1999
Paralympic Record  Kurt Fearnley (AUS) 1:23:17 Beijing, China 17 September 2008
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 1:23:18 Ernst van Dyk  South Africa
America 1:23:20 Aarón Gordian Martínez  Mexico
Asia 1:21:52 Tomoki Suzuki  Japan
Europe 1:20:14 WR Heinz Frei   Switzerland
Oceania 1:23:17 PR Kurt Fearnley  Australia

Results

The race took place on 5 September 2021, at 6:30:[2]

Rank Name Nationality Class Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland T54 1:24:02 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhang Yong  China T54 1:24:22 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daniel Romanchuk  United States T54 1:29:05 SB
4 Brent Lakatos  Canada T53 1:29:18 PB
5 David Weir  Great Britain T54 1:29:45 SB
6 Aaron Pike  United States T54 1:29:45 SB
7 Tomoki Suzuki  Japan T54 1:30:45 SB
8 Yang Shaoqiao  China T53 1:31:27
9 Dai Yunqiang  China T54 1:31:27 SB
10 JohnBoy Smith  Great Britain T54 1:32:25 SB
11 Zhang Ying  China T54 1:32:26 SB
12 Patrick Monahan  Ireland T53 1:32:54 SB
13 Vitalii Gritsenko  RPC T53 1:33:13 SB
14 Yoo Byung-hoon  South Korea T53 1:41:44 SB
15 Brian Siemann  United States T53 1:44:42 SB

References

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.