Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T53

Men's 800 metres T53 at the XVII Paralympic Games
Venue	Stade de France, Paris, France
Dates	5 September 2024 (final)
Competitors	8 from 6 nations
Winning time	1:37.32
Medalists
Brent Lakatos  Canada Pongsakorn Paeyo  Thailand Brian Siemann  United States

The Men's 800 metres T53 at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place 5 September at the Stade de France in Paris.

Records

Athletes with a T51, T52 and T53 classification competed in this event. The World and Paralympic Games records for those classes were as follows:

T51
World Record	Helder Mestre (POR)	2:30.98	Sharjah	18 March 2018
Paralympic Record	Bart Dodson (USA)	2:45.78	Barcelona	6 September 1992

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T52
World Record	Tomoki Sato (JPN)	1:51.57	Canberra	21 January 2019
Paralympic Record	Abdellah ez-Zine (MAR)	1:58.68	Athens	25 September 2004

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T53
World Record	Brent Lakatos (CAN)	1:31.69	Arbon	2 June 2019
Paralympic Record	Pongsakorn Paeyo (THA)	1:36.07	Tokyo	2 September 2021

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Classification

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

Results

Final

This event progressed directly to the final. The final in this classification took place on 5 September 2024.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Brent Lakatos	Canada	1:37.32	SB
	Pongsakorn Paeyo	Thailand	1:38.36
	Brian Siemann	United States	1:38.44
4	Pierre Fairbank	France	1:40.79
5	Pichet Krungget	Thailand	1:40.71
6	Masaberee Arsae	Thailand	1:40.91
7	Byunghoon Yoo	South Korea	1:41.20	SB
8	Mohamed Nidhal Khelifi	Tunisia	1:42.50	AR
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