Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T54

The men's 800m T54 had its first round held on September 11 at 11:34, its semifinals on September 12 at 21:00 and its final on September 13 at 21:03.

Results Place Athlete Round 1 Semifinal Final 1 David Weir was initially awarded the gold medal in the men's 800 m T54 but a re-run of the race was ordered after a lane violation was discovered. However, following a letter from the Kurt Fearnley and the Australian authorities to the IPC, asking that, in the spirit of sportsmanship, the result not be overturned the re-run was cancelled and the medals reinstated 1:36.24 Q 1:34.27 Q 1:36.61 2 1:38.79 Q 1:39.39 Q 1:36.76 3 1:38.84 Q 1:34.59 Q 1:37.12 4 1:37.40 Q 1:34.93 Q 1:37.41 5 1:40.16 Q 1:35.24 q 1:37.51 6 1:40.13 Q 1:35.11 q 1:37.56 7 1:37.40 Q 1:40.36 Q 1:38.61 8 1:40.22 q 1:40.37 Q 1:38.73 9 1:36.66 Q 1:35.43 10 DNF q 1:35.83 11 1:40.45 Q 1:36.43 12 1:39.72 q 1:37.30 13 1:36.51 Q 1:40.39 14 1:40.22 q 1:40.62 15 1:38.73 q 1:41.00 16 1:37.54 q 1:41.20 17 1:37.42 Q 1:41.28 18 1:40.54 19 1:41.00 20 1:41.22 21 1:41.43 22 1:41.57 23 1:42.38 24 1:43.00 25 1:46.42 DNF DSQ

References

Round 1 - Heat 1 Round 1 - Heat 2 Round 1 - Heat 3 Round 1 - Heat 4 Semifinal - Heat 1 Semifinal - Heat 2 Final