The Men's 800 metres T54 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 5 to 6 September.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
World record1:32.1725 August 2001Jona, SwitzerlandParalympic record1:32.4525 September 2004Athens, Greece
Results
Round 1 Competed 5 September 2012 from 10:17. Qual. rule: first 2 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Zhang Lixin 1:37.54 Q, PB2 Julien Casoli 1:37.76 Q3 Kim Gyu Dae 1:37.90 q4 Josh Cassidy 1:38.24 q, SB5 Fernando Sanchez Nava 1:38.82 6 Masayuki Higuchi 1:38.85 7 Jake Lappin 1:41.23
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 David Weir 1:37.09 Q2 Marcel Hug 1:38.27 Q3 Kurt Fearnley 1:38.62 4 Mohammad Vahdani 1:40.38 5 Pedro Gandarilla Fernandez 1:40.84 6 Nobukazu Hanaoka 1:40.94 7 Ryan Chalmers 1:45.86 8 Demba Jarju 2:27.88 SB
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Saichon Konjen 1:37.96 Q2 Jordan Bird 1:38.20 Q3 Choke Yasuoka 1:38.42 SB4 Juan Valladares 1:38.83 5 Ahmed Aouadi 1:38.84 6 Alexandre Dupont 1:39.73 7 Hong Sukman 1:39.88 SB8 Martin Velasco Soria 1:43.88
Final Competed 6 September 2012 at 21:16. Rank Athlete Country Time Notes David Weir 1:37.63 Marcel Hug 1:37.84 Saichon Konjen 1:38.51 4 Kim Gyu Dae 1:39.03 5 Josh Cassidy 1:39.72 6 Jordan Bird 1:40.17 Julien Casoli DNF Zhang Lixin DQ
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. DNF = Did not finish.
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