Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T12

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Men's marathon T12
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates5 September 2021
Competitors13 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) El Amin Chentouf  Morocco
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jaryd Clifford  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tadashi Horikoshi  Japan
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The men's marathon T12 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 5 September 2021.

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.

Records[]

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

World Record  Jaryd Clifford (AUS) 2:19:08 Sydney, Australia 25 April 2021
Paralympic Record  Alberto Suárez Laso (ESP) 2:24:50 London, United Kingdom 9 September 2012
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 2:21:23 El Amin Chentouf  Morocco
America 2:26:39 Elkin Serna  Colombia
Asia 2:22:28 Tadashi Horikoshi  Japan
Europe 2:21:47 Alberto Suárez Laso  Spain
Oceania 2:19:08 WR Jaryd Clifford  Australia

Results[]

The race took place on 5 September 2021, at 6:50:[2]

Rank Name Nationality Class Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) El Amin Chentouf  Morocco T12 2:21:43 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jaryd Clifford  Australia T12 2:26:09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tadashi Horikoshi  Japan T12 2:28:01 SB
4  Tunisia T12 2:29:55
5 Alberto Suárez Laso  Spain T12 2:30:44 SB
6  Tunisia T12 2:31:16
7  Japan T12 2:31:32 SB
8 Gustavo Nieves  Spain T12 2:32:08 SB
9 Shinya Wada  Japan T11 2:33:05 GR (T11)
10
Sergey Ivanov (Guide)		  RPC T12 2:39:48 SB
11  Algeria T12 2:41:02 SB
12  Morocco T12 2:41:04 SB
Yeltsin Jacques  Brazil T11 DNF

References[]

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Results" (PDF). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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