Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T53

Men's 800 metres T53 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	4 to 5 September
Competitors	14 from 10 nations
Winning time	1:41.13
Medalists
Richard Colman  Australia Brent Lakatos  Canada Joshua George  United States

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Classification
T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired
T/F20: Intellectual disability
T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy
F40: Les Autres
T/F42–46: Amputees
T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability
Men T/F51–58
Track
100 m		T51		T52		T53		T54
200 m				T52		T53
400 m				T52		T53		T54
800 m				T52		T53		T54
1500 m								T54
5000 m								T54
4×400 m relay						T53-54
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Javelin throw			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Women T/F51–58
Track
100 m				T52		T53		T54
200 m				T52		T53
400 m						T53		T54
800 m						T53		T54
1500 m								T54
5000 m								T54
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put							F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3
			F57-8
Javelin throw		F33-34/52-53					F54-6
			F57-8

The Men's 800 metres T53 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 4 to 5 September.^[1]

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:

World & Paralympic record

Li Huzhao (CHN)

1:36.30

15 September 2008

Beijing, China

Results[]

Round 1[]

Competed 4 September 2012 from 12:54. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Richard Colman	Australia	1:41.86	Q
2		South Korea	1:42.20	Q, SB
3	Brent Lakatos	Canada	1:42.22	Q, PB
4	Joshua George	United States	1:42.32	q
5	Jun Hiromichi	Japan	1:42.42	q
6	Zhao Yufei	China	1:42.75	PB
7		United States	1:45.95	PB

Heat 2[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Li Huzhao	China	1:46.08	Q
2		United States	1:46.38	Q
3	Pierre Fairbank	France	1:46.47	Q
4		Venezuela	1:46.84
5	Roger Puigbo Verdaguer	Spain	1:47.90
6		Japan	1:48.38
7		Mexico	1:50.37

Final[]

Competed 5 September 2012 at 19:43.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Richard Colman	Australia	1:41.13
	Brent Lakatos	Canada	1:41.24	PB
	Joshua George	United States	1:41.50
4	Li Huzhao	China	1:41.83
5		South Korea	1:42.44
6	Jun Hiromichi	Japan	1:42.99
7	Pierre Fairbank	France	1:43.02
8		United States	1:43.09

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.

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