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Men's marathon T12
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Men's marathon T12; at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates	5 September 2021
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Winning time	2:21:43
Medalists
	←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

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
	El Amin Chentouf	Morocco	T12	2:21:43	GR
	Jaryd Clifford	Australia	T12	2:26:09
	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

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