Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T54

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Men's 1500 metres T54
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueEstádio Olímpico João Havelange
Dates12–13 September 2016
Competitors24 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Prawat Wahoram  Thailand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Saichon Konjen  Thailand

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.

The Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T54 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 12–13 September 2016, at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange.

Heats[edit]

Heat 1[edit]

18:48 12 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1 7 2236 Prawat Wahoram  Thailand 3:06.54 Q
2 4 1731 Masayuki Higuchi  Japan 3:06.76 Q
3 3 1536 Alhassane Balde  Germany 3:07.14 Q
4 2 1930 Kenny van Weeghel  Netherlands 3:09.00
5 8 2275 Yassine Gharbi  Tunisia 3:09.79
6 5 2365 Aaron Pike  United States 3:09.85
7 6 1207 Alexandre Dupont  Canada 3:10.28
8 1 1378 Ebbe Blichfeldt  Denmark 3:13.08

Heat 2[edit]

18:56 12 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1 7 2234 Rawat Tana  Thailand 3:06.24 Q
2 5 1523 David Weir  Great Britain 3:06.28 Q
3 2 1777 Suk Man Hong  South Korea 3:06.36 Q
4 8 1056 Jake Lappin  Australia 3:06.73
5 4 2372 Daniel Romanchuk  United States 3:07.93
6 6 1471 Julien Casoli  France 3:08.78
7 3 2180 Tobias Loetscher  Switzerland 3:09.37
8 1 1213 Tristan Smyth  Canada 3:11.35

Heat 3[edit]

19:04 12 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1 8 2229 Saichon Konjen  Thailand 3:05.22 Q
2 6 2179 Marcel Hug  Switzerland 3:05.24 Q
3 3 1251 Chengming Liu  China 3:05.41 Q
4 7 1051 Kurt Fearnley  Australia 3:05.47 q
5 5 1779 Gyu-dae Kim  South Korea 3:05.86
6 4 1203 Josh Cassidy  Canada 3:05.97
7 1 2352 Joshua George  United States 3:06.43
8 2 2298 Rashed Aldhaheri  United Arab Emirates 3:07.55

Final[edit]

18:22 13 September 2016:[2]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 2236 Prawat Wahoram  Thailand 3:00.62
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 2179 Marcel Hug  Switzerland 3:00.65
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 2229 Saichon Konjen  Thailand 3:00.86
4 7 1523 David Weir  Great Britain 3:01.08
5 9 1051 Kurt Fearnley  Australia 3:01.35
6 4 1536 Alhassane Balde  Germany 3:01.62
7 1 1251 Chengming Liu  China 3:01.84
8 6 1731 Masayuki Higuchi  Japan 3:02.05
9 3 1777 Suk Man Hong  South Korea 3:02.21
10 2234 Rawat Tana  Thailand DSQ

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Men's 1500m - T54 - Heat 1". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Men's 1500m - T54 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.