The men's 800 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 2 September 2021.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:
Area Time Athlete Nation Africa 1:31.24 Yassine Gharbi America 1:29.54 Daniel Romanchuk Asia 1:31.41 Zhang Yong Europe 1:30.35 Richard Chiassaro Oceania 1:32.73 Kurt Fearnley
Results Heats Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:49: Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Prawat Wahoram 1:33.59 2 3 Zhang Yong 1:33.85 , 3 8 Aaron Pike 1:36.48 4 7 Tomoki Suzuki 1:37.85 5 6 Kenny van Weeghel 1:40.87 4 Richard Chiassaro
Heat 2 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:56: Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Marcel Hug 1:34.38 2 4 Putharet Khongrak 1:34.96 3 3 Dai Yunqiang 1:35.12 , 4 7 Julien Casoli 1:35.38 5 6 Nathan Maguire 1:36.73
Heat 3 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:03: Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Daniel Romanchuk 1:31.83 , 2 7 Saichon Konjen 1:37.08 3 4 Song Lei 1:37.80 4 3 Alhassane Baldé 1:41.10 6 Danny Sidbury
Final The final took place on 2 September, at 20:32: Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Marcel Hug 1:33.68 2 Dai Yunqiang 1:34.11 7 Saichon Konjen 1:34.19 4 6 Daniel Romanchuk 1:34.48 5 8 Zhang Yong 1:34.55 6 4 Prawat Wahoram 1:34.58 7 3 Putharet Khongrak 1:35.86 8 1 Julien Casoli 1:39.62
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