Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon

The Men's marathon athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place in the streets of Rio de Janeiro on the 18 September. A total of three events were contested over this distance for three different disability classifications.

Medal summary

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Classification Gold Silver Bronze
T12
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El Amin Chentouf
 Morocco
2:32:17 Alberto Suarez Laso
 Spain
2:33:11 Masahiro Okamura
 Japan
2:33.59
T46
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Li Chaoyan
 China
2:33.35 Abderrahman Ait Khamouch
 Spain
2:37.01 Manuel Mendes
 Portugal
2:49.57
T54
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Marcel Hug
 Switzerland
1:26.16 Kurt Fearnley
 Australia
1:26.17 Kim Gyu-dae
 South Korea
1:30.08

Results

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T12

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The T12 men's marathon was open to both T12 and T11 competitors, which are classifications for visually impaired athletes.[1]

Rank Name Nationality classification Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) El Amin Chentouf  Morocco T12 2:32:17 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alberto Suarez Laso  Spain T12 2:33:11 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Masahiro Okamura  Japan T12 2:33.59
4 Tadashi Horikoshi  Japan T12 2:36.50 SB
5 Shinya Wada  Japan T11 2:39.52
6 Gabriel Macchi  Portugal T12 2:43.49 SB
7 Jorge Pina  Portugal T12 2:55.47
8 Sandi Novak  Slovenia T11 3:02.36
- Gustavo Nieves  Spain T12 Did not finish
- Elkin Alonso Serna Moreno  Colombia T12 Did not finish
- Gad Yarkoni  Israel T11 Disqualified

T46

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The T46 men's marathon was open to T46 competitors only.[2]

Rank Name Nationality classification Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Li Chaoyan  China T46 2:33.35 RR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Abderrahman Ait Khamouch  Spain T46 2:37:01 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Manuel Mendes  Portugal T46 2:49.57
4 Efraín Sotacuro  Peru T46 2:55.27
5 Mario Bauer  Austria T46 2:58.34
6 Christoph Sommer  Switzerland T46 3:07.11 SB
- Alex Douglas Silva  Brazil T46 Did not finish
- Derek Rae  Great Britain T46 Did not finish
- Pedro Meza Zempoaltecatl  Mexico T46 Did not finish
- Abdelhadi El Harti  Morocco T46 Did not finish
- Alessandro di Lello  Italy T46 Did not start

T54

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The T54 men's marathon was open to both T54 and T53 competitors only.[3]

Rank Name Nationality classification Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland T54 1:26.16
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kurt Fearnley  Australia T54 1:26.17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Gyu-dae  South Korea T54 1:30.08 SB
4 Liu Chengming  China T54 1:30.09 PB
5 Prawat Wahoram  Thailand T54 1:30.09
6 Ernst van Dyk  South Africa T54 1:30.11
7 Kota Hokinoue  Japan T54 1:30.11
8 Jorge Madera  Spain T54 1:30.12 SB
9 Pierre Fairbank  France T53 1:30.12 PB
10 Aaron Pike  United States T54 1:30.13
11 Masazumi Soejima  Japan T54 1:30.13
12 Hiroyuki Yamamoto  Japan T54 1:30.14
13 Rawat Tana  Thailand T54 1:30.17
14 Simon Lawson  Great Britain T53 1:32.15
15 Jose Jimenez Hernandez  Costa Rica T53 1:35.58 SB
16 Patrick Monahan  Ireland T53 1:40.26
17 Heinz Frei  Switzerland T53 1:40.29
18 Kozo Kubo  Japan T54 1:46.31
- Tobais Loetscher  Switzerland T54 Did not finish
- Joshua George  United States T53 Did not finish
- David Weir  Great Britain T54 Did not finish
- James Senbeta  United States T54 Did not finish
- Julien Casoli  France T54 Did not finish
- Hong Suk Man  South Korea T54 Did not start

References

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  1. ^ "Results - Men's Marathon - T12". IPC. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Results - Men's Marathon - T46". IPC. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Results - Men's Marathon - T53". IPC. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.