Men's marathon T54
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates5 September 2021
Competitors15 from 9 nations
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

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)1:20:14Ōita, Japan31 October 1999
Paralympic Record Kurt Fearnley (AUS)1:23:17Beijing, China17 September 2008
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa1:23:18Ernst van Dyk South Africa
America1:23:20Aarón Gordian Martínez Mexico
Asia1:21:52Tomoki Suzuki Japan
Europe1:20:14 WRHeinz Frei  Switzerland
Oceania1:23:17 PRKurt 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 SwitzerlandT541:24:02SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Zhang Yong ChinaT541:24:22PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Daniel Romanchuk United StatesT541:29:05SB
4Brent Lakatos CanadaT531:29:18PB
5David Weir Great BritainT541:29:45SB
6Aaron Pike United StatesT541:29:45SB
7Tomoki Suzuki JapanT541:30:45SB
8Yang Shaoqiao ChinaT531:31:27
9Dai Yunqiang ChinaT541:31:27SB
10JohnBoy Smith Great BritainT541:32:25SB
11Zhang Ying ChinaT541:32:26SB
12Patrick Monahan IrelandT531:32:54SB
13Vitalii Gritsenko RPCT531:33:13SB
14Yoo Byung-hoon South KoreaT531:41:44SB
15Brian Siemann United StatesT531:44:42SB

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.
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