The Men's 1500 metres T13 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 2 to 4 September.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
World record (T12)3:50.1810 June 2006Barcelona, SpainParalympic record (T12)3:51.0921 September 2004Athens, GreeceWorld record (T13)3:51.8216 July 2006Ghent, BelgiumParalympic record (T13)3:56.0321 September 2004Athens, GreeceBroken records during the 2012 Summer ParalympicsParalympic record (T13) 3:55.46 2 September 2012 Paralympic record (T13) 3:52.96 2 September 2012 World record (T12) 3:48.31 4 September 2012 World record (T13) 3:48.84 4 September 2012
Results
Round 1 Competed 2 September 2012 from 12:51. Qual. rule: first 4 in each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest other times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes1 El Amin Chentouf T12 3:52.77 Q, PB2 Henry Kirwa T12 3:55.35 Q, PB3 Abderrahim Zhiou T12 3:55.43 Q, PB4 Alexey Akhtyamov T13 3:55.46 Q, PR5 David Devine T12 3:55.95 q, PB6 Abdellatif Baka T13 3:58.72 PB7 Semih Deniz T12 4:01.91 PB8 Dmitrii Kornilov T13 4:02.75 9 Juan Carlos Arcos Lira T13 4:04.34 PB10 Abel Ávila T12 4:17.14 11 Lassam Katongo T12 4:27.81 SB
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes1 David Korir T13 3:52.96 Q, PR2 Tarik Zalzouli T13 3:55.32 Q, PB3 Lukasz Wietecki T13 3:55.67 Q, PB4 Egor Sharov T12 3:55.70 Q, PB5 Abdelillah Mame T13 3:56.01 q, PB6 Tim Prendergast T13 3:57.39 q, SB7 Ignacio Ávila T12 3:57.69 q, PB8 Nacer-Eddine Karfas T12 4:08.35 9 Lazaro Rashid T12 4:10.80 SB10 Hatem Nasrallah T12 4:13.27 11 Said Gomez T13 4:33.48 SB
Final Competed 4 September 2012 at 19:16. Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes Abderrahim Zhiou T12 3:48.31 WR David Korir T13 3:48.84 WR David Devine T12 3:49.79 RR4 Tarik Zalzouli T13 3:52.12 PB5 Henry Kirwa T12 3:53.55 PB6 Tim Prendergast T13 3:53.60 PB7 Lukasz Wietecki T13 3:56.26 8 Alexey Akhtyamov T13 3:56.29 9 Abdelillah Mame T13 3:56.29 10 El Amin Chentouf T12 4:00.43 11 Ignacio Ávila T12 4:04.83 12 Egor Sharov T12 4:10.83
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.
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