Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T51–54

Men's marathon races for wheelchair athletes at the 2004 Summer Paralympics followed a course from Marathon to the Panathinaiko Stadium, and started at 08:00 on 26 September. Events were held in three wheelchair disability classes, together with two classes of visually impaired athletes.[1][2]

The T51 event was won by Alvise de Vidi, representing   Italy.[3]

Rank Athlete Time Notes
    Alvise de Vidi (ITA) 2:53:38
    Stefan Strobel (GER) 2:57:50
    Edgar Navarro (MEX) 3:13:42
4   Thorsten Oppold (GER) 3:27:23
5   Paolo D'Agostini (ITA) 3:48:28
6   Mikkel Gaarder (NOR) 3:54:32
  Dieter Geiling (GER) DNF
  Tim Johansson (SWE) DNF

The T52 event was won by Toshihiro Takada, representing   Japan.[4]

Rank Athlete Time Notes
    Toshihiro Takada (JPN) 2:00:02
    Thomas Geierspichler (AUT) 2:06:10
    Clayton Gerein (CAN) 2:14:26
4   Tomoya Ito (JPN) 2:20:12
5   Per Vesterlund (SWE) 2:26:09
6   Herbert Burns (USA) 2:37:36
7   Ramon Pla (ESP) 2:58:44

The T54 event was won by Kurt Fearnley, representing   Australia.[5]

Rank Athlete Time Notes
    Kurt Fearnley (AUS) 1:25:37
    Kelly Smith (CAN) 1:29:39
    Tomasz Hamerlak (POL) 1:31:01
4   Aaron Gordian (MEX) 1:31:03
5   Joël Jeannot (FRA) 1:31:42
6   Nobukazu Hanaoka (JPN) 1:31:50
7   Heinz Frei (SUI) 1:32:04
8   Jacob Heilveil (USA) 1:33:11
9   Hiroki Sasahara (JPN) 1:33:55
10   Masazumi Soejima (JPN) 1:34:59
11   Alain Fuss (FRA) 1:35:32
12   Ralph Brunner (GER) 1:35:39
13   Alan Bergman (CAN) 1:37:40
14   Denis Lemeunier (FRA) 1:37:41
15   Krige Schabort (RSA) 1:39:53
16   Jun Hiromichi (JPN) 1:40:24
17   Martin Velasco Soria (MEX) 1:41:00
18   Ernst van Dyk (RSA) 1:41:59
19   Paul Nunnari (AUS) 1:43:16
20   Marko Sever (SLO) 1:43:41
21   Roger Puigbo (ESP) 1:43:50
22   Robert Figl (GER) 1:45:11
23   Michel Filteau (CAN) 1:48:17
24   Scot Hollonbeck (USA) 1:49:16
25   Gottfried Ferchl (AUT) 1:50:19
26   Oeivind Sletten (NOR) 1:54:37
27   Vicente Arzo (ESP) 2:00:50
28   Tyler Byers (USA) 2:01:09
29   Omer Cantay (TUR) 2:06:02
30   Yiannakis Gavriel (CYP) 2:18:22
31   Yevgeniy Tetyukhin (KAZ) 2:35:45
32   Sergey Ussoltsev (KAZ) 2:39:54
  Mohamed Farhat Belkhir (TUN) DNF
  William Rivas (ESA) DNS
  Choke Yasuoka (JPN) DNS
  Franz Nietlispach (SUI) DNS
  Adam Bleakney (USA) DNS
  Joshua George (USA) DNS

References

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  1. ^ Derek Gatopoulos (AP) (26 September 2004). "Blind Japanese runner wins Paralympic marathon". USA Today. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  2. ^ "2004 Summer Paralympics - Schedule - Athletics". Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 October 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Men's Marathon - T51". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Men's Marathon - T52". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Men's Marathon - T54". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2012.