Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T54
# Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T54

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.

The Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T54 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 14–15 September 2016, at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange.

## Heats

### Heat 1

19:15 14 September 2016:

| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 1523 | David Weir | Great Britain | 1:37.30 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | 1240 | Yanfeng Cui | China | 1:37.84 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 1471 | Julien Casoli | France | 1:37.94 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1777 | Suk Man Hong | South Korea | 1:37.97 | |
| 5 | 7 | 2236 | Prawat Wahoram | Thailand | 1:38.25 | |
| 6 | 5 | 2372 | Daniel Romanchuk | United States | 1:39.29 | |
| 7 | 3 | 2298 | Rashed Aldhaheri | United Arab Emirates | 1:39.62 | |
| | 1 | 1056 | Jake Lappin | Australia | | DSQ |

### Heat 2

19:15 14 September 2016:

| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | 2179 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 1:35.96 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 1930 | Kenny van Weeghel | Netherlands | 1:36.18 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 1779 | Gyu-dae Kim | South Korea | 1:36.29 | q |
| 4 | 7 | 1254 | Yang Liu | China | 1:36.51 | q |
| 5 | 5 | 1536 | Alhassane Balde | Germany | 1:37.30 | |
| 6 | 4 | 2234 | Rawat Tana | Thailand | 1:37.34 | |
| 7 | 8 | 2282 | Fethi Zouinkhi | Tunisia | 1:37.96 | |
| 8 | 6 | 1203 | Josh Cassidy | Canada | 1:39.86 | |

### Heat 3

19:15 14 September 2016:

| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | 2229 | Saichon Konjen | Thailand | 1:38.43 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 2275 | Yassine Gharbi | Tunisia | 1:38.52 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 1251 | Chengming Liu | China | 1:38.54 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1731 | Masayuki Higuchi | Japan | 1:38.77 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1502 | Richard Chiassaro | Great Britain | 1:39.33 | |
| 6 | 8 | 1207 | Alexandre Dupont | Canada | 1:40.37 | |
| 7 | 3 | 2373 | James Senbeta | United States | 1:42.47 | |

## Final

12:02 15 September 2016:

| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | 2179 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 1:33.76 | |
| | 1 | 2229 | Saichon Konjen | Thailand | 1:34.74 | |
| | 5 | 1779 | Gyu-dae Kim | South Korea | 1:34.98 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1240 | Yanfeng Cui | China | 1:35.03 | |
| 5 | 8 | 1254 | Yang Liu | China | 1:35.18 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1523 | David Weir | Great Britain | 1:35.20 | |
| 7 | 3 | 1930 | Kenny van Weeghel | Netherlands | 1:36.01 | |
| | 7 | 2275 | Yassine Gharbi | Tunisia | | DSQ |
