Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T54 explained

Event:	Men's 800 metres T54
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates:	2 September 2021
Competitors:	16
Nations:	9
Gold:	Marcel Hug
Goldnpc:	SUI
Silver:	Dai Yunqiang
Silvernpc:	CHN
Bronze:	Saichon Konjen
Bronzenpc:	THA
Prev:	2016

The men's 800 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 2 September 2021.

Records

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

Area	Time	Athlete	Nation
Africa	1:31.24
America	1:29.54
Asia	1:31.41
Europe	1:30.35
Oceania	1:32.73

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:49:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			1:33.59
2	3			1:33.85	,
3	8			1:36.48
4	7			1:37.85
5	6			1:40.87
	4

Heat 2 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:56:^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			1:34.38
2	4			1:34.96
3	3			1:35.12	,
4	7			1:35.38
5	6			1:36.73

Heat 3 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:03:^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			1:31.83	,
2	7			1:37.08
3	4			1:37.80
4	3			1:41.10
	6

Final

The final took place on 2 September, at 20:32:^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			1:33.68
	2			1:34.11
	7			1:34.19
4	6			1:34.48
5	8			1:34.55
6	4			1:34.58
7	3			1:35.86
8	1			1:39.62

Notes and References

1. Web site: Records – World Para Athletics. 27 August 2021.
2. Web site: Heat 1 results. 1 September 2021. 2 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902031153/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHM800M----54010-----RND1000100--.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Heat 2 results. 1 September 2021. 2 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902031151/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHM800M----54010-----RND1000200--.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: Heat 3 results. 1 September 2021. 2 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902031151/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHM800M----54010-----RND1000300--.pdf. dead.
5. Web site: Final results. 1 September 2021. 2 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902114310/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHM800M----54010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.