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

The Men's 800m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 16, 2016. A total of four events were contested over this distance for five different classifications.

## Schedule

| R | Round 1 | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event↓/Date → | Tue 13 | Wed 14 | Thu 15 | Sat 17 |
| T34 800m | R | F | | |
| T36 800m | | | | F |
| T53 800m | | R | F | |
| T54 800m | | R | F | |

## Medal summary

| Classification | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T34 details | Mohamed Alhammadi United Arab Emirates | 1:40.24 | Walid Ktila Tunisia | 1:40.31 | Rheed McCracken Australia | 1:41.25 |
| T36 details | James Turner Australia | 2:02.39 WR | Paul Blake Great Britain | 2:09.65 | William Stedman New Zealand | 2:11.98 PB |
| T53 details | Pongsakorn Paeyo Thailand | 1:40.78 | Pierre Fairbank France | 1:40.97 | Brent Lakatos Canada | 1:41.09 |
| T54 details | Marcel Hug Switzerland | 1:33.76 SB | Saichon Konjen Thailand | 1:34.74 SB | Kim Gyu-dae South Korea | 1:34.98 PB |

## Results

The following were the results of the finals of each of the Men's 800 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event are available on that event's dedicated page.

### T34

The T34 category is for wheelchair athletes with cerebral palsy. Athletes in this category have minimal limitations or control problems in their arms and trunk while pushing a wheelchair.

17:50 14 September 2016:

| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | 2300 | Mohamed Alhammadi | United Arab Emirates | 1:40.24 | |
| | 7 | 2277 | Walid Ktila | Tunisia | 1:40.31 | |
| | 1 | 1057 | Rheed McCracken | Australia | 1:41.25 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1456 | Henry Manni | Finland | 1:41.92 | |
| 5 | 6 | 1521 | Isaac Towers | Great Britain | 1:43.45 | |
| 6 | 4 | 2368 | Austin Pruitt | United States | 1:45.55 | |
| 7 | 2 | 2181 | Bojan Mitic | Switzerland | 1:50.74 | |
| | 8 | 1212 | Austin Smeenk | Canada | | DSQ |

### T36

The T36 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes do not have the capacity to remain still and they show involuntary movements with all four limbs affected. They usually walk without assistive devices. 19:23 17 September 2016:

| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 7 | 1066 | James Turner | Australia | 2:02.40 | WR |
| | 5 | 1498 | Paul Blake | Great Britain | 2:09.65 | |
| | 3 | 1963 | William Stedman | New Zealand | 2:11.98 | |
| 4 | 6 | 1013 | Sid Ali Bouzourine | Algeria | 2:15.03 | |
| 5 | 4 | 1919 | Gabriel de Jesus Cuadra Holmann | Nicaragua | 2:16.21 | |
| 6 | 8 | 2020 | Krzysztof Ciuksza | Poland | 2:16.90 | |

### T53

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

19:01 15 September 2016:

| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | 2232 | Pongsakorn Paeyo | Thailand | 1:40.78 |
| | 5 | 1472 | Pierre Fairbank | France | 1:40.97 |
| | 8 | 1208 | Brent Lakatos | Canada | 1:41.09 |
| 4 | 1 | 2375 | Brian Siemann | United States | 1:41.11 |
| 5 | 3 | 2352 | Joshua George | United States | 1:41.23 |
| 6 | 6 | 1249 | Huzhao Li | China | 1:41.91 |
| 7 | 7 | 1778 | Dong-ho Jung | South Korea | 1:42.89 |
| 8 | 2 | 1794 | Hamad Aladwani | Kuwait | 1:50.62 |

### 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.

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 |
