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

Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
By Event
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100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
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5000 m	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
Field events
Long jump	men	women
High jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
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By Classification
Classification Key
T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired
T/F20: Intellectual disability
T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy
F40-41: Les Autres
T/F42–47: Amputees
T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability
T11-13
T11/F11	men	women
T12/F12	men	women
T13/F13	men	women
T20
T20/F20	men	women
T32-38
T32/F32	men	women
T33/F33	men	women
T34/F34	men	women
T35/F35	men	women
T36/F36	men	women
T37/F37	men	women
T38/F38	men	women
T40-41
T40/F40	men	women
T41/F41	men	women
T42-47
T42/F42	men	women
T43/F43	men	women
T44/F44	men	women
T45/F45	men	women
T46/F46	men	women
T47/F47	men	women
T51-57
T51/F51	men	women
T52/F52	men	women
T53/F53	men	women
T54/F54	men	women
T55/F55	men	women
T56/F56	men	women
T57/F57	men	women

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 →	Sat 10	Sun 11	Mon 12	Tue 13	Thu 15	Fri 16
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

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres 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	Time
01 !	3	1762	Kimani, Samwel MushaiSamwel Mushai Kimani	Kenya	4:03.25
02 !	2	1162	Santos, OdairOdair Santos	Brazil	4:03.85
03 !	1	2288	Deniz, SemihSemih Deniz	Turkey	4:05.42
4	5	1761	Bii, WilsonWilson Bii	Kenya	4:07.96
5	6	1206	Dunkerley, Jason JosephJason Joseph Dunkerley	Canada	4:07.98
6	4	1746	Wada, ShinyaShinya Wada	Japan	4:15.62

T13

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres 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
01 !	Abdellatif Baka	Algeria	T13	3:48.29	WR
02 !	Tamiru Demisse	Ethiopia	T13	3:48.49	PB
03 !	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

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres 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	Time
01 !	2	2346	Brannigan, MichaelMichael Brannigan	United States	3:51.73
02 !	8	2031	Pek, DanielDaniel Pek	Poland	3:56.17
03 !	5	1656	Nasiri Bazanjani, PeymanPeyman Nasiri Bazanjani	Iran	3:56.24
4	6	2024	Korc, RafalRafal Korc	Poland	3:56.54
5	3	2331	Voluikevych, PavloPavlo Voluikevych	Ukraine	3:58.18
6	1	1514	Morris, SteveSteve Morris	Great Britain	3:58.69
7	7	2051	Pereira, CristianoCristiano Pereira	Portugal	3:59.92
8	9	2411	Paiva, Luis ArturoLuis Arturo Paiva	Venezuela	4:11.20
9	4	1379	Hersi, MohamedMohamed Hersi	Denmark	4:11.41

T37

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres 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
01 !	Michael McKillop	Ireland	4:12.11
02 !	Liam Stanley	Canada	4:16.72
03 !	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

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres 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	Time	Notes
01 !	2	2279	Saidi, AbbesAbbes Saidi	Tunisia	4:13.81
02 !	5	1055	Kenzie, DeonDeon Kenzie	Australia	4:14.95
03 !	7	1475	Radius, LouisLouis Radius	France	4:17.19
4	6	1204	Chase, MitchellMitchell Chase	Canada	4:28.44
5	1	1381	Vienberg, ChristofferChristoffer Vienberg	Denmark	4:31.68
6	4	1368	Hyna, DanielDaniel Hyna	Czech Republic	4:42.33
7	8	1102	Meunier, BasileBasile Meunier	Belgium	4:54.77
	3	1873	Enriquez Torres, Angel MoisesAngel Moises Enriquez Torres	Mexico		DSQ

T46

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres 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	Time	Notes
01 !	1	1019	Nouioua, SamirSamir Nouioua	Algeria	3:59.46
02 !	4	2316	Emong, DavidDavid Emong	Uganda	4:00.62
03 !	2	1062	Roeger, MichaelMichael Roeger	Australia	4:01.34
4	6	2269	Agoubi, BechirBechir Agoubi	Tunisia	4:05.07
5	5	2098	Muvunyi, HermasHermas Muvunyi	Rwanda	4:05.19
6	8	1444	Haile, HailuHailu Haile	Ethiopia	4:06.37
7	10	1178	Stoyanov, HristiyanHristiyan Stoyanov	Bulgaria	4:08.99
8	9	1095	Nikobimeze, RemyRemy Nikobimeze	Burundi	4:10.00
9	3	1443	Gebremeskel, Astbha GebreAstbha Gebre Gebremeskel	Ethiopia	4:15.01
10	7	1840	Raherinandrasana, RevelinotRevelinot Raherinandrasana	Madagascar	4:38.60
	11	1247	Li, ChaoyanChaoyan Li	China		DSQ

T52

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres 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	Time	Notes
01 !	7	2363	Martin, RaymondRaymond Martin	United States	3:40.63
02 !	6	1741	Sato, TomokiTomoki Sato	Japan	3:41.70
03 !	4	2231	Kurattanasiri, PichayaPichaya Kurattanasiri	Thailand	3:53.96
4	10	1745	Ueyonabaru, HirokazuHirokazu Ueyonabaru	Japan	3:54.04
5	9	2380	Toyoji, StevenSteven Toyoji	United States	3:54.64
6	5	1428	Sanz, SantiagoSantiago Sanz	Spain	3:55.90
7	3	1309	Torres, CristianCristian Torres	Colombia	3:56.90
8	1	1881	Perez Juarez, Leonardo de JesusLeonardo de Jesus Perez Juarez	Mexico	4:23.83
9	2	2370	Roberts, JoshJosh Roberts	United States	4:47.80
	8	1737	Noda, AkikazuAkikazu Noda	Japan		DSQ

T54

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres 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	Time	Notes
01 !	5	2236	Wahoram, PrawatPrawat Wahoram	Thailand	3:00.62
02 !	2	2179	Hug, MarcelMarcel Hug	Switzerland	3:00.65
03 !	8	2229	Konjen, SaichonSaichon Konjen	Thailand	3:00.86
4	7	1523	Weir, DavidDavid Weir	Great Britain	3:01.08
5	9	1051	Fearnley, KurtKurt Fearnley	Australia	3:01.35
6	4	1536	Balde, AlhassaneAlhassane Balde	Germany	3:01.62
7	1	1251	Liu, ChengmingChengming Liu	China	3:01.84
8	6	1731	Higuchi, MasayukiMasayuki Higuchi	Japan	3:02.05
9	3	1777	Hong, Suk ManSuk Man Hong	South Korea	3:02.21
	10	2234	Tana, RawatRawat Tana	Thailand		DSQ

References

↑ "Athletics - Schedule & Results". Official site of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
↑ "Men's 1500m - T11 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
↑ "Men's 1500m - T20 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
↑ "Men's 1500m - T38 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
↑ "Men's 1500m - T46 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
↑ "Men's 1500m - T52 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
↑ "Men's 1500m - T54 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.

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