The Men's 800 metres T53 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 4 to 5 September.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
World & Paralympic record1:36.3015 September 2008Beijing, China
Results
Round 1 Competed 4 September 2012 from 12:54. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Richard Colman 1:41.86 Q2 Yoo Byunghoon 1:42.20 Q, SB3 Brent Lakatos 1:42.22 Q, PB4 Joshua George 1:42.32 q5 Jun Hiromichi 1:42.42 q6 Zhao Yufei 1:42.75 PB7 Zach Abbott 1:45.95 PB
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Li Huzhao 1:46.08 Q2 Brian Siemann 1:46.38 Q3 Pierre Fairbank 1:46.47 Q4 Jesus Aguilar 1:46.84 5 Roger Puigbo Verdaguer 1:47.90 6 Hitoshi Matsunaga 1:48.38 7 Jaime Ramirez Valencia 1:50.37
Final Competed 5 September 2012 at 19:43. Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Richard Colman 1:41.13 Brent Lakatos 1:41.24 PB Joshua George 1:41.50 4 Li Huzhao 1:41.83 5 Yoo Byunghoon 1:42.44 6 Jun Hiromichi 1:42.99 7 Pierre Fairbank 1:43.02 8 Brian Siemann 1:43.09
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.
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