Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T12 explained

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The Men's Marathon T12 was held on September 17 at 7:30.

For the first time, there was no separate marathon held for athletes categorised T11 (totally blind). T11 athletes competed in the T12 marathon, against athletes with severe visual impairment (T12). The fastest finisher among the T11 competitors was Andrea Cionna of Italy, who set a new Paralympic record for his category, but finished in seventh place, six minutes behind gold medallist Qi Shun, who set a new T12 marathon world record.^[1]

Results

Place	width=250	Athlete !		width=100	Class !		width=100	Final
1		T12		2:30:32 WR
2		T12		2:31:16
3		T12		2:33:27
4		T12		2:35:26
5		T12		2:35:27
6		T12		2:36:02
7		T11		2:36:43 PR
8		T12		2:38:17
9		T12		2:38:50
10		T12		2:39:41
11		T12		2:39:41
12		T12		2:39:55
13		T12		2:40:47
14		T12		2:42:06
15		T12		2:42:33
16		T11		2:43:38
17		T12		2:44:50
18		T12		2:48:03
19		T11		2:51:14
20		T11		2:54:40
21		T12		2:56:31
22		T12		2:57:50
23		T11		3:21:07
24		T12		3:29:59
		T12		DNF
		T12		DNF

See also

• Marathon at the Paralympics

References

• Final

Notes and References

1. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=event&criteria=1&sport=2&criteria2=0&event=m%24%24Marathon "Medallists by Event: Athletics: Men's Marathon"