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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T54

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Men's 1500 metres T54
at the XVII Paralympic Games
Finish of the final.
VenueStade de France
Dates
  • 2 September 2024 (round 1)
  • 3 September 2024 (final)
Competitors16 from 10 nations
Winning time2:49.93
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jin Hua  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dai Yumqiang  China
2020
2028
1500 metres at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
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The men's 1500 metres T54 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 2 and 3 September 2024.

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

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Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]

World Record  Marcel Hug (SUI) 2:43.37 United Arab Emirates Dubai 27 February 2023
Paralympic Record  Marcel Hug (SUI) 2:49.55 Japan Tokyo 31 August 2021
Area Time Athlete Location Date
Africa [[]] [[]]  ()
America [[]] [[]]  ()
Asia [[]] [[]]  ()
Europe [[]] [[]]  ()
Oceania [[]] [[]]  ()

Results

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Round 1

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First 5 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jin Hua  China 2:56.05 Q
2 Dai Yumqiang  China 2:57.28 Q
3 Nathan Maguire  Great Britain 2:57.41 Q
4 Yassine Gharbi  Tunisia 2:57.48 Q, SB
5 Marcel Hug  Switzerland 2:58.42 Q
6 Putharet Khongrak  Thailand 2:58.57
7 Aaron Pike  United States 2:58.86
8 Brent Lakatos  Canada 2:59.19 SB
9 Samuel Rizzo  Australia 3:02.92
Source:[2]

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Daniel Romanchuk  United States 3:05.10 Q
2 Faisal Alrajehi  Kuwait 3:05.16 Q
3 Luo Xingchuan  China 3:05.19 Q
4 Phiphatphong Sianglam  Thailand 3:05.26 Q
5 Tomoki Suzuki  Japan 3:05.31 Q
6 David Weir  Great Britain 3:05.35
7 Daniel Sidbury  Great Britain 3:05.44
Saichon Konjen  Thailand DNS
Source:[3]

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jin Hua  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dai Yumqiang  China PB
4 Phiphatphong Sianglam  Thailand
5 Nathan Maguire  Great Britain
6 Luo Xingchuan  China PB
7 Tomoki Suzuki  Japan
8 Yassine Gharbi  Tunisia SB
9 Daniel Romanchuk  United States SB
10 Faisal Alrajehi  Kuwait
Source:[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Men's 1500m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Men's 1500m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Men's 1500m – T54 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.