The Men's 1500 metres T54 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 3 to 4 September.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
World record2:55.7229 June 2007Atlanta, United StatesParalympic record3:00.1015 September 2008Beijing, China
Results
Round 1 Competed 3 September 2012 from 10:40. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Marcel Hug 3:11.17 Q2 Prawat Wahoram 3:11.31 Q3 David Weir 3:11.35 Q4 Zhang Lixin 3:11.40 q5 Mohammad Vahdani 3:13.58 6 Hiroyuki Yamamoto 3:14.36 7 Aaron Pike 3:15.04
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Kurt Fearnley 3:19.18 Q2 Liu Chengming 3:19.35 Q3 Josh Cassidy 3:19.54 Q4 Hong Sukman 3:19.72 5 Nobukazu Hanaoka 3:19.84 6 Ahmed Aouadi 3:20.35 7 Tomasz Hamerlak 3:20.42
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Saichon Konjen 3:14.81 Q2 Kim Gyu Dae 3:14.90 Q3 Liu Yang 3:15.07 Q4 Julien Casoli 3:15.18 5 Joshua George 3:15.76 6 Masazumi Soejima 3:17.11 7 Fernando Sanchez Nava 3:17.16
Final Competed 4 September 2012 at 21:37. Rank Athlete Country Time Notes David Weir 3:12.09 Prawat Wahoram 3:12.32 Kim Gyu Dae 3:12.57 4 Marcel Hug 3:12.76 5 Saichon Konjen 3:12.84 6 Liu Chengming 3:12.86 7 Kurt Fearnley 3:13.23 8 Liu Yang 3:13.63 9 Zhang Lixin 3:14.05 10 Josh Cassidy 3:14.70
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time.
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