Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T53
| Men's 800 metres T53 at the XVII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stade de France, Paris, France | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 5 September 2024 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 8 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:37.32 | ||||||||||||
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The Men's 800 metres T53 at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place 5 September at the Stade de France in Paris.
Records
Athletes with a T51, T52 and T53 classification competed in this event. The World and Paralympic Games records for those classes were as follows:[1]
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| World Record | .svg.png){kind=small} Helder Mestre (POR) |
2:30.98 |  Sharjah |
18 March 2018 |
| Paralympic Record |  Bart Dodson (USA) |
2:45.78 |  Barcelona |
6 September 1992 |
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| World Record |  Tomoki Sato (JPN) |
1:51.57 | .svg.png){kind=small} Canberra |
21 January 2019 |
| Paralympic Record |  Abdellah ez-Zine (MAR) |
1:58.68 |  Athens |
25 September 2004 |
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| World Record | .svg.png){kind=small} Brent Lakatos (CAN) |
1:31.69 | .svg.png){kind=small} Arbon |
2 June 2019 |
| Paralympic Record |  Pongsakorn Paeyo (THA) |
1:36.07 | Tokyo |
2 September 2021 |
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Classification
The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.[2]
Results
Final
This event progressed directly to the final. The final in this classification took place on 5 September 2024.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Brent Lakatos | Canada
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1:37.32 | SB |
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Pongsakorn Paeyo | Thailand
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1:38.36 | |
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Brian Siemann | United States
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1:38.44 | |
| 4 | Pierre Fairbank |  France
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1:40.79 | |
| 5 | Pichet Krungget | Thailand
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1:40.71 | |
| 6 | Masaberee Arsae | Thailand
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1:40.91 | |
| 7 | Byunghoon Yoo |  South Korea
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1:41.20 | SB |
| 8 | Mohamed Nidhal Khelifi |  Tunisia
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1:42.50 | AR |
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References
- ^ Paris 2024 : Athletics : Men's 800m T53 Records
- ^ World Para Athletics Classification Rules and Regulations Feb 2023
- ^ "Men's 800m – T53 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.