Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T54

Men's 800 metres T54 at the XVII Paralympic Games
Venue	Stade de France, Paris, France
Dates	5 September 2024
Competitors	13
Winning time	1:28.20 PR, AR
Medalists
Jin Hua  China Dai Yunqiang  China Marcel Hug  Switzerland

800 metres

Men's · T34 · T53 · T54 · Women's · T34 · T53 · T54

The Men's 800 metres T54 at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on the morning and evening of 5 September at the Stade de France in Paris.

Records

World Record	Marcel Hug (SUI)	1:27.76	Arbon	21 May 2023
Paralympic Record	Daniel Romanchuk (USA)	1:31.83	Tokyo	2 September 2021

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Classification

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.^[1]

Results

Round 1

The heats of the Men's 800 metres T54 took place on the morning of 5 September 2024. First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Athiwat Paeng-Nuea	Thailand	1:35.93	Q
2	Nathan Maguire	Great Britain	1:35.93	Q
3	Yang Hu	China	1:36.00	Q
4	Yassine Gharbi	Tunisia	1:36.30
5	Faisal Alrajehi	Kuwait	1:36.92
6	Putharet Khongrak	Thailand	1:41.11
7	Luke Bailey	Australia	1:51.34
Source:[2]

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jin Hua	China	1:31.50	Q, PR, PB
2	Daniel Romanchuk	United States	1:31.78	Q
3	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:33.18	Q
4	Yunqiang Dai	China	1:33.73	q
5	Saichon Konjen	Thailand	1:33.81	q
6	Samuel Rizzo	Australia	1:45.33
—	Daniel Sidbury	Great Britain	DNS
Source:[3]

Final

The final in this classification took place on the Evening of 5 September 2024.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Jin Hua	China	1:28.20	PR, AR
	Dai Yunqiang	China	1:29.94	PB
	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:30.98
4	Nathan Maguire	Great Britain	1:31.09
5	Daniel Romanchuk	United States	1:31.24
6	Athiwat Paeng-Nuea	Thailand	1:31.27
7	Saichon Konjen	Thailand	1:31.60
8	Yang Hu	China	1:31.89	SB
Source:[4]

References

1. World Para Athletics Classification Rules and Regulations Feb 2023
2. "Men's 800m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
3. "Men's 800m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
4. "Men's 800m – T54 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.