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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
Winning time2:21:43
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
2016
2024

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

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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

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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 Hatem Nasrallah  Tunisia T12 2:29:55
5 Alberto Suárez Laso  Spain T12 2:30:44 SB
6 Wajdi Boukhili  Tunisia T12 2:31:16
7 Yutaka Kumagai  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 Denis Gavrilov
Sergey Ivanov (Guide)
 RPC T12 2:39:48 SB
11 Nacer-Eddine Karfas  Algeria T12 2:41:02 SB
12 Hicham Hanyn  Morocco T12 2:41:04 SB
Yeltsin Jacques  Brazil T11 DNF

References

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