Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T54
| Men's 800 metres T54 at the XVII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stade de France, Paris, France | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 5 September 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:28.20 PR, AR | ||||||||||||
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| Men's · T34 · T53 · · Women's · T34 · T53 · T54 |
The Men's 800 metres T54 at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on the morning and evening of 5 September at the Stade de France in Paris.
Records
| World Record | .svg.png){kind=small} Marcel Hug (SUI) |
1:27.76 | Arbon |
21 May 2023 |
| Paralympic Record |  Daniel Romanchuk (USA) |
1:31.83 |  Tokyo |
2 September 2021 |
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Classification
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.[1]
Results
Round 1
The heats of the Men's 800 metres T54 took place on the morning of 5 September 2024. First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Athiwat Paeng-Nuea |  Thailand
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1:35.93 | Q |
| 2 | Nathan Maguire |  Great Britain
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1:35.93 | Q |
| 3 | Yang Hu |  China
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1:36.00 | Q |
| 4 | Yassine Gharbi |  Tunisia
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1:36.30 | |
| 5 | Faisal Alrajehi |  Kuwait
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1:36.92 | |
| 6 | Putharet Khongrak | Thailand
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1:41.11 | |
| 7 | Luke Bailey |  Australia
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1:51.34 | |
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Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Jin Hua | China
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1:31.50 | Q, PR, PB |
| 2 | Daniel Romanchuk | United States
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1:31.78 | Q |
| 3 | Marcel Hug |  Switzerland
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1:33.18 | Q |
| 4 | Yunqiang Dai | China
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1:33.73 | q |
| 5 | Saichon Konjen | Thailand
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1:33.81 | q |
| 6 | Samuel Rizzo | Australia
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1:45.33 | |
| — | Daniel Sidbury | Great Britain
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Final
The final in this classification took place on the Evening of 5 September 2024.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Jin Hua | China
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1:28.20 | PR, AR |
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Dai Yunqiang | China
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1:29.94 | PB |
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Marcel Hug | Switzerland
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1:30.98 | |
| 4 | Nathan Maguire | Great Britain
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1:31.09 | |
| 5 | Daniel Romanchuk | United States
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1:31.24 | |
| 6 | Athiwat Paeng-Nuea | Thailand
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1:31.27 | |
| 7 | Saichon Konjen | Thailand
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1:31.60 | |
| 8 | Yang Hu | China
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1:31.89 | SB |
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References
- ^ World Para Athletics Classification Rules and Regulations Feb 2023
- ^ "Men's 800m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Men's 800m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Men's 800m – T54 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.