2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14 to 23 July. The results of the men's 800 m T54 race on Monday 17 July were nullified and the race rescheduled to Friday 21 July after three competitors crashed at the 600-metre mark. Marcel Hug won the original race. The race took place on Friday evening without Richard Chiassaro who had been disqualified.^[1]

Medalists

T13^[2]	Fouad Baka	1:51.60 CR	Abdellatif Baka	1:51.69	Mohamed Amguoun	1:51.84 PB
T20^[3]	Michael Brannigan	1:54.24 SB	Deliber Rodríguez Ramírez	1:55.23 PB	Sylwester Jaciuk	1:56.92 PB
T34^[4]	Walid Ktila	1:44.79 CR	Mohamed Hammadi	1:45.28	Isaac Towers	1:46.46
T36^[5]	James Turner	2:08.78	William Stedman	2:11.86	Keegan Pitcher	2:13.49
T38^[6]	Michael McKillop	2:00.92 SB	Deon Kenzie	2:02.15 AR	Abbes Saidi	2:02.38 SB
T53^[7]	Brent Lakatos	1:40.14	Pierre Fairbank	1:41.97	Pongsakorn Paeyo	1:42.07
T54^[8]	Marcel Hug	1:38.40	Liu Yang	1:38.69	Yassine Gharbi	1.38.82

Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.

See also

• List of IPC world records in athletics

Notes and References

1. Web site: London 2017: Men's 800m T54 to be rerun following crash. Paralympics Ord. 22 July 2017.
2. Web site: Results - Men's 800m T13 Final . 23 July 2017. 22 July 2017. IPC.
3. Web site: Results - Men's 800m T20 Final . 23 July 2017. 22 July 2017. IPC.
4. Web site: Results - Men's 800m T34 Final . 21 July 2017. 20 July 2017. IPC.
5. Web site: Results - Men's 800m T36 Final . 24 July 2017. 23 July 2017. IPC.
6. Web site: Results - Men's 800m T38 Final . 16 July 2017. 16 July 2017. IPC.
7. Web site: Results - Men's 800m T53 Final . 21 July 2017. 20 July 2017. IPC.
8. Web site: Results - Men's 800m T54 Final . 21 July 2017. 21 July 2017. IPC.