Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T20
| Men's 1500 metres T20 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 3 September 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:54.57 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's 1500 metres T20 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place on 3 September 2021.
The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Michael Brannigan (USA) |
3:45.50 | New York, United States | 11 February 2017 |
| Paralympic Record |  Michael Brannigan (USA) |
3:51.73 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 13 September 2016 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 4:31.47 | Record Mark | |
| America | 3:45.50 WR | Michael Brannigan | United States
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| Asia | 3:53.35 | Daiki Akai |  Japan
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| Europe | 3:54.36 | Aleksandr Rabotnitskii |  Russia
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| Oceania | 4:11.81 | Kyle McIntosh |  Australia
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Results
[edit]The final took place on 3 September 2021, at 10:13:[2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Owen Miller |  Great Britain |
3:54.57 | |
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Alexandr Rabotnitskii |  RPC |
3:55.78 | |
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Ndiaga Dieng |  Italy |
3:57.24 | |
| 4 | Michael Brannigan | United States |
3:58.43 | SB |
| 5 | Daiki Akai |  Japan |
3:58.78 | |
| 6 | Pavel Sarkeev | RPC |
4:00.43 | |
| 7 | Daniel Pek |  Poland |
4:01.00 | SB |
| 8 | Yuki Iwata | Japan |
4:01.72 | |
| 9 | Yuji Togawa | Japan |
4:03.62 | |
| 10 | Carmelo Rivera Fuentes |  Puerto Rico |
4:03.68 | PB |
| 11 | Cristiano Pereira |  Portugal |
4:05.10 | |
| 12 | Sandro Patricio Correia Baessa | Portugal |
4:05.50 | |
| 13 | Pavlo Voluikevych |  Ukraine |
4:05.75 | |
| 14 | Gaël Geffroy |  France |
4:15.52 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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