Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T54

The men's marathon T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 5 September 2021.

Men's marathon T54 at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates	5 September 2021
Competitors	15 from 9 nations
Medalists
Marcel Hug  Switzerland Zhang Yong  China Daniel Romanchuk  United States
←2016

The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:^[1]

World Record	Heinz Frei (SUI)	1:20:14	Ōita, Japan	31 October 1999
Paralympic Record	Kurt Fearnley (AUS)	1:23:17	Beijing, China	17 September 2008

Area	Time	Athlete	Nation
Africa	1:23:18	Ernst van Dyk	South Africa
America	1:23:20	Aarón Gordian Martínez	Mexico
Asia	1:21:52	Tomoki Suzuki	Japan
Europe	1:20:14 WR	Heinz Frei	Switzerland
Oceania	1:23:17 PR	Kurt Fearnley	Australia

Results

The race took place on 5 September 2021, at 6:30:^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Class	Time	Notes
	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	T54	1:24:02	SB
	Zhang Yong	China	T54	1:24:22	PB
	Daniel Romanchuk	United States	T54	1:29:05	SB
4	Brent Lakatos	Canada	T53	1:29:18	PB
5	David Weir	Great Britain	T54	1:29:45	SB
6	Aaron Pike	United States	T54	1:29:45	SB
7	Tomoki Suzuki	Japan	T54	1:30:45	SB
8	Yang Shaoqiao	China	T53	1:31:27
9	Dai Yunqiang	China	T54	1:31:27	SB
10	JohnBoy Smith	Great Britain	T54	1:32:25	SB
11	Zhang Ying	China	T54	1:32:26	SB
12	Patrick Monahan	Ireland	T53	1:32:54	SB
13	Vitalii Gritsenko	RPC	T53	1:33:13	SB
14	Yoo Byung-hoon	South Korea	T53	1:41:44	SB
15	Brian Siemann	United States	T53	1:44:42	SB

References

1. "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
2. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.