Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres

The Men's 1500m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from 8 to 17 September. A total of six events were contested over this distance for eight different classifications.[1]

Schedule

R	Round 1	½	Semifinals	F	Final

Event↓/Date →	Thu 8	Fri 9	Sat 10	Sun 11	Mon 12	Tue 13	Wed 14	Thu 15	Fri 16	Sat 17
T11 1500m				R		F
T13 1500m				F
T20 1500m						F
T37 1500m				F
T38 1500m			F
T46 1500m									F
T52 1500m								F
T54 1500m					R	F

Medal summary

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
T11	Samwel Mushai Kimani guide : James Boit  Kenya	4:03.25 SB	Odair Santos  Brazil	4:03.85 SB	Semih Deniz guide : Muhammed Emin Tan  Turkey	4:05.42 PB
T13	Abdellatif Baka  Algeria	3:48.29 WR	Tamiru Demisse  Ethiopia	3:48.49 PB	Henry Kirwa  Kenya	3:49.59 PB
T20	Michael Brannigan  United States	3:51.73	Daniel Pek  Poland	3:56.17	Peyman Nasiri Bazanjani  Iran	3:56.24
T37	Michael McKillop  Ireland	4:12.11	Liam Stanley  Canada	4:16.72	Madjid Djemai  Algeria	4:17.28
T38	Abbes Saidi  Tunisia	4:13.81	Deon Kenzie  Australia	4:14.95	Louis Radius  France	4:17.19
T46 (inc T45)	Samir Nouioua  Algeria	3:59.46 SB	David Emong  Uganda	4:00.62 SB	Michael Roeger  Australia	4:01.34
T52 (inc T51)	Raymond Martin  United States	3:40.63 PR	Tomoki Sato  Japan	3:41.70	Pichaya Kurattanasiri  Thailand	3:53.96 PB
T54	Prawat Wahoram  Thailand	3:00.62	Marcel Hug  Switzerland	3:00.65	Saichon Konjen  Thailand	3:00.86 SB

Results

T11

The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.

18:05 13 September 2016:[2]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	3	1762	Samwel Mushai Kimani	Kenya		4:03.25
	2	1162	Odair Santos	Brazil		4:03.85
	1	2288	Semih Deniz	Turkey		4:05.42
4	5	1761	Wilson Bii	Kenya		4:07.96
5	6	1206	Jason Joseph Dunkerley	Canada		4:07.98
6	4	1746	Shinya Wada	Japan		4:15.62

T13

The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.

Competed 11 September 2016 at 23:32.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Class	Time	Notes
	Abdellatif Baka	Algeria	T13	3:48.29	WR
	Tamiru Demisse	Ethiopia	T13	3:48.49	PB
	Henry Kirwa	Kenya	T12	3:49.59	PB
4	Fouad Baka	Algeria	T13	3:49.84	PB
5	Lukasz Wietecki	Poland	T13	3:54.20
6	Bilel Aloui	Tunisia	T13	3:54.61	PB
7	Jaryd Clifford	Australia	T12	3:56.67
8	Youssef Benibrahim	Morocco	T13	3:56.80
9	Guillaume Ouellet	Canada	T13	3:57.98
10	Chaz Davis	United States	T12	3:58.28
11	Yeltsin Jacques	Brazil	T12	3:58.92
12	Julio Cesar Agripino dos Santos	Brazil	T12	4:00.61
13	Abdelillah Mame	Morocco	T13	4:08.93
14	Bilel Hammami	Tunisia	T13	DQ

T20

The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.

There were no heats in this event. The final was competed at 10:58 on 13 September 2016:[3]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	2	2346	Michael Brannigan	United States		3:51.73
	8	2031	Daniel Pek	Poland		3:56.17
	5	1656	Peyman Nasiri Bazanjani	Iran		3:56.24
4	6	2024	Rafal Korc	Poland		3:56.54
5	3	2331	Pavlo Voluikevych	Ukraine		3:58.18
6	1	1514	Steve Morris	Great Britain		3:58.69
7	7	2051	Cristiano Pereira	Portugal		3:59.92
8	9	2411	Luis Arturo Paiva	Venezuela		4:11.20
9	4	1379	Mohamed Hersi	Denmark		4:11.41

T37

The T37 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes have movement and coordination problems on one half of their body. They have good ability in their dominant side of their body (ie hemiplegia).

There were no heats in this event. The final was competed 11 September 2016 at 16:59.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Michael McKillop	Ireland	4:12.11
	Liam Stanley	Canada	4:16.72
	Madjid Djemai	Algeria	4:17.28
4	Hafid Aharak	Morocco	4:20.43	PB
5	Shayne Dobson	Canada	4:21.06	PB
6	Brad Scott	Australia	4:25.98
7	Mariano Dominguez	Argentina	4:46.42	PB
8	Ivan Espinosa	Virgin Islands	5:07.00

T38

The T38 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. T38 athletes have the mildest form of impairment caused by cerebral palsy, often in only one limb, and not affecting the ability to run, walk or jump freely, although impairing performance. T38 athletes may suffer minor co-ordination difficulties.

19:19 10 September 2016:[4]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	2	2279	Abbes Saidi	Tunisia		4:13.81
	5	1055	Deon Kenzie	Australia		4:14.95
	7	1475	Louis Radius	France		4:17.19
4	6	1204	Mitchell Chase	Canada		4:28.44
5	1	1381	Christoffer Vienberg	Denmark		4:31.68
6	4	1368	Daniel Hyna	Czech Republic		4:42.33
7	8	1102	Basile Meunier	Belgium		4:54.77
	3	1873	Angel Moises Enriquez Torres	Mexico			DSQ

T46

The T46 category is for athletes who have a single above or below elbow amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.

18:20 16 September 2016:[5]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	1	1019	Samir Nouioua	Algeria		3:59.46
	4	2316	David Emong	Uganda		4:00.62
	2	1062	Michael Roeger	Australia		4:01.34
4	6	2269	Bechir Agoubi	Tunisia		4:05.07
5	5	2098	Hermas Muvunyi	Rwanda		4:05.19
6	8	1444	Hailu Haile	Ethiopia		4:06.37
7	10	1178	Hristiyan Stoyanov	Bulgaria		4:08.99
8	9	1095	Remy Nikobimeze	Burundi		4:10.00
9	3	1443	Astbha Gebre Gebremeskel	Ethiopia		4:15.01
10	7	1840	Revelinot Raherinandrasana	Madagascar		4:38.60
	11	1247	Chaoyan Li	China			DSQ

T52

The T52 category is for wheelchair athletes with damage to spinal cord in the higher parts of the back, substantially impaired or no trunk function, and minimal or no leg function. Pushing power comes from elbow extensions, and appears close to normal except for use of modified gloves to compensate for grip.

10:24 15 September 2016:[6]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	7	2363	Raymond Martin	United States		3:40.63
	6	1741	Tomoki Sato	Japan		3:41.70
	4	2231	Pichaya Kurattanasiri	Thailand		3:53.96
4	10	1745	Hirokazu Ueyonabaru	Japan		3:54.04
5	9	2380	Steven Toyoji	United States		3:54.64
6	5	1428	Santiago Sanz	Spain		3:55.90
7	3	1309	Cristian Torres	Colombia		3:56.90
8	1	1881	Leonardo de Jesus Perez Juarez	Mexico		4:23.83
9	2	2370	Josh Roberts	United States		4:47.80
	8	1737	Akikazu Noda	Japan			DSQ

T54

The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

18:22 13 September 2016:[7]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	5	2236	Prawat Wahoram	Thailand		3:00.62
	2	2179	Marcel Hug	Switzerland		3:00.65
	8	2229	Saichon Konjen	Thailand		3:00.86
4	7	1523	David Weir	Great Britain		3:01.08
5	9	1051	Kurt Fearnley	Australia		3:01.35
6	4	1536	Alhassane Balde	Germany		3:01.62
7	1	1251	Chengming Liu	China		3:01.84
8	6	1731	Masayuki Higuchi	Japan		3:02.05
9	3	1777	Suk Man Hong	South Korea		3:02.21
	10	2234	Rawat Tana	Thailand			DSQ

References

1. "Athletics - Schedule & Results". Official site of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
2. "Men's 1500m - T11 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
3. "Men's 1500m - T20 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
4. "Men's 1500m - T38 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
5. "Men's 1500m - T46 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
6. "Men's 1500m - T52 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
7. "Men's 1500m - T54 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.