Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T52–54

Men's 800m races for wheelchair athletes at the 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in the Athens Olympic Stadium.^[1] Events were held in three disability classes.

T52

Men's 800m T52 at the XII Paralympic Games
Venue	Athens Olympic Stadium
Dates	24–25 September 2004
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:58.68
Medalists
Abdellah Ez Zine  Morocco Thomas Geierspichler  Austria Dean Bergeron  Canada

The T52 event consisted of 2 heats and a final. It was won by Abdellah Ez Zine, representing  Morocco.^[2]

1st Round

Qualified for next round

Heat 1

24 Sept. 2004, 09:20

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Santiago Sanz (ESP)	2:08.04	Q
2	Andre Beaudoin (CAN)	2:10.94	Q
3	Peth Rungsri (THA)	2:11.31	Q
4	Richard Reelie (CAN)	2:12.02	q
5	Per Vesterlund (SWE)	2:12.66
	Toshihiro Takada (JPN)	DNS

Heat 2

24 Sept. 2004, 09:28

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Abdellah Ez Zine (MAR)	2:05.10	PR Q
2	Thomas Geierspichler (AUT)	2:05.18	Q
3	Dean Bergeron (CAN)	2:05.33	Q
4	Lachlan Jones (AUS)	2:05.42	q
5	Theodore Bridis (USA)	2:19.65
	Tomoya Ito (JPN)	DNS

Final Round

25 Sept. 2004, 19:35

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Abdellah Ez Zine (MAR)	1:58.68	WR
	Thomas Geierspichler (AUT)	1:58.69
	Dean Bergeron (CAN)	2:00.42
4	Santiago Sanz (ESP)	2:02.06
5	Andre Beaudoin (CAN)	2:02.99
6	Richard Reelie (CAN)	2:05.58
7	Lachlan Jones (AUS)	2:10.75
8	Peth Rungsri (THA)	2:14.21

T53

Men's 800m T53 at the XII Paralympic Games
Venue	Athens Olympic Stadium
Dates	24–25 September 2004
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:38.68
Medalists
Richard Colman  Australia Adam Bleakney  United States Jun Hiromichi  Japan

The T53 event consisted of 2 heats and a final. It was won by Richard Colman, representing  Australia.^[3]

1st Round

Qualified for next round

Heat 1

24 Sept. 2004, 19:00

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Pierre Fairbank (FRA)	1:39.55	Q
2	Richard Colman (AUS)	1:40.33	Q
3	Roger Puigbo (ESP)	1:41.39	Q
4	Eric Gauthier (CAN)	1:42.43	q
5	Christopher Waddell (USA)	1:48.59
6	Susumu Kangawa (JPN)	2:09.10
	Joshua George (USA)	DNF

Heat 2

24 Sept. 2004, 19:08

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Adam Bleakney (USA)	1:39.48	PR Q
2	Heinz Frei (SUI)	1:40.40	Q
3	Jun Hiromichi (JPN)	1:40.58	Q
4	Sergey Shilov (RUS)	1:41.73	q
5	Charles Tolle (FRA)	1:44.55
6	Gottfried Ferchl (AUT)	1:50.00

Final Round

25 Sept. 2004, 17:40

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Richard Colman (AUS)	1:38.68	PR
	Adam Bleakney (USA)	1:38.71
	Jun Hiromichi (JPN)	1:38.84
4	Pierre Fairbank (FRA)	1:38.99
5	Roger Puigbo (ESP)	1:39.46
6	Heinz Frei (SUI)	1:40.11
7	Sergey Shilov (RUS)	1:40.41
8	Eric Gauthier (CAN)	1:43.35

T54

Men's 800m T54 at the XII Paralympic Games
Venue	Athens Olympic Stadium
Dates	24–25 September 2004
Competitors	23 from 13 nations
Winning time	1:32.45
Medalists
Choke Yasuoka  Japan Ernst van Dyk  South Africa Marcel Hug  Switzerland

The T54 event consisted of 3 heats and a final. It was won by Choke Yasuoka, representing  Japan.^[4]

1st Round

Qualified for next round

Heat 1

24 Sept. 2004, 09:40

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Ernst van Dyk (RSA)	1:35.30	Q
2	Marcel Hug (SUI)	1:35.60	Q
3	Robert Figl (GER)	1:35.85	q
4	Prawat Wahorum (THA)	1:35.93	q
5	Jeffrey Adams (CAN)	1:35.99
6	Tyler Byers (USA)	1:42.34
	Mukhtar Kamysbayev (KAZ)	DNS

Heat 2

24 Sept. 2004, 09:48

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Choke Yasuoka (JPN)	1:34.59	PR Q
2	Claude Issorat (FRA)	1:34.94	Q
3	Ralph Brunner (GER)	1:36.54
4	Martin Velasco Soria (MEX)	1:36.76
5	Prasit Thongchuen (THA)	1:37.17
6	Mohamed Farhat Belkhir (TUN)	1:37.88
7	Curtis Thom (CAN)	1:38.80
8	Tobias Loetscher (SUI)	1:41.10

Heat 3

24 Sept. 2004, 09:56

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Kurt Fearnley (AUS)	1:37.90	Q
2	Saúl Mendoza (MEX)	1:37.95	Q
3	Rawat Tana (THA)	1:38.34
4	Alhassane Balde (GER)	1:39.21
5	Eric Teurnier (FRA)	1:39.65
6	Huang Zhian (CHN)	1:41.83
7	Carl Marquis (CAN)	1:41.84
8	Frederic Periac (AUS)	1:42.32

Final Round

25 Sept. 2004, 19:20

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Choke Yasuoka (JPN)	1:32.45	PR
	Ernst van Dyk (RSA)	1:32.53
	Marcel Hug (SUI)	1:32.66
4	Kurt Fearnley (AUS)	1:32.73
5	Saúl Mendoza (MEX)	1:32.80
6	Claude Issorat (FRA)	1:32.95
7	Prawat Wahorum (THA)	1:33.03
8	Robert Figl (GER)	1:33.03

References

1. "2004 Summer Paralympics - Schedule - Athletics". Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 October 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
2. "Men's 800m T52". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
3. "Men's 800m T53". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
4. "Men's 800m T54". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 October 2012.