title: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T54
text: # Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T54
  
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  | Classification |||||||||
  | T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired |||||||||
  | T/F20: Intellectual disability |||||||||
  | T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy |||||||||
  | F40: Les Autres |||||||||
  | T/F42–46: Amputees |||||||||
  | T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability |||||||||
  | Men T/F51–58 |||||||||
  | Track |||||||||
  | 100 m | T51 | | T52 | | T53 | | T54 |
  | 200 m | | | T52 | | T53 |
  | 400 m | | | T52 | | T53 | | T54 |
  | 800 m | | | T52 | | T53 | | T54 |
  | 1500 m | | | | | | | T54 |
  | 5000 m | | | | | | | T54 |
  | 4×400 m relay | | | | | T53-54 | T53-54 | T53-54 |
  | Road |||||||||
  | Marathon | | | | | | | T54 |
  | Field |||||||||
  | Shot put | | F52-3 | F52-3 | F52-3 | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
  | | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
  | Club throw | | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 |
  | Discus throw | | F51-3 | F51-3 | F51-3 | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
  | | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
  | Javelin throw | | F52-3 | F52-3 | F52-3 | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
  | | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
  | Women T/F51–58 |||||||||
  | Track |||||||||
  | 100 m | | | T52 | | T53 | | T54 |
  | 200 m | | | T52 | | T53 |
  | 400 m | | | | | T53 | | T54 |
  | 800 m | | | | | T53 | | T54 |
  | 1500 m | | | | | | | T54 |
  | 5000 m | | | | | | | T54 |
  | Road |||||||||
  | Marathon | | | | | | | T54 |
  | Field |||||||||
  | Shot put | | | | | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
  | | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
  | Club throw | | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 |
  | Discus throw | | F51-3 | F51-3 | F51-3 |
  | | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
  | Javelin throw | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F54-6 | F54-6 |
  | | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
  
  The Men's 800 metres T54 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 5 to 6 September.
  
  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 World and Paralympic records were as follows:
  
  | World record | Ernst van Dyk (RSA) | 1:32.17 | 25 August 2001 | Jona, Switzerland |
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  | Paralympic record | Choke Yasuoka (JPN) | 1:32.45 | 25 September 2004 | Athens, Greece |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Round 1
  
  Competed 5 September 2012 from 10:17. Qual. rule: first 2 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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  | 1 | Zhang Lixin | China | 1:37.54 | Q, PB |
  | 2 | Julien Casoli | France | 1:37.76 | Q |
  | 3 | Kim Gyu Dae | South Korea | 1:37.90 | q |
  | 4 | Josh Cassidy | Canada | 1:38.24 | q, SB |
  | 5 | Fernando Sanchez Nava | Mexico | 1:38.82 | |
  | 6 | Masayuki Higuchi | Japan | 1:38.85 | |
  | 7 | Jake Lappin | Australia | 1:41.23 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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  | 1 | David Weir | Great Britain | 1:37.09 | Q |
  | 2 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 1:38.27 | Q |
  | 3 | Kurt Fearnley | Australia | 1:38.62 | |
  | 4 | Mohammad Vahdani | United Arab Emirates | 1:40.38 | |
  | 5 | Pedro Gandarilla Fernandez | Mexico | 1:40.84 | |
  | 6 | Nobukazu Hanaoka | Japan | 1:40.94 | |
  | 7 | Ryan Chalmers | United States | 1:45.86 | |
  | 8 | Demba Jarju | The Gambia | 2:27.88 | SB |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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  | 1 | Saichon Konjen | Thailand | 1:37.96 | Q |
  | 2 | Jordan Bird | United States | 1:38.20 | Q |
  | 3 | Choke Yasuoka | Japan | 1:38.42 | SB |
  | 4 | Juan Valladares | Venezuela | 1:38.83 | |
  | 5 | Ahmed Aouadi | Tunisia | 1:38.84 | |
  | 6 | Alexandre Dupont | Canada | 1:39.73 | |
  | 7 | Hong Sukman | South Korea | 1:39.88 | SB |
  | 8 | Martin Velasco Soria | Mexico | 1:43.88 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  Competed 6 September 2012 at 21:16.
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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  | | David Weir | Great Britain | 1:37.63 |
  | | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 1:37.84 |
  | | Saichon Konjen | Thailand | 1:38.51 |
  | 4 | Kim Gyu Dae | South Korea | 1:39.03 |
  | 5 | Josh Cassidy | Canada | 1:39.72 |
  | 6 | Jordan Bird | United States | 1:40.17 |
  | | Julien Casoli | France | DNF |
  | | Zhang Lixin | China | DQ |
  
  Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. DNF = Did not finish.
  
  