Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T20
# Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T20

The men's 1500 metres T20 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place on 3 September 2021.

The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:

| World Record | Michael Brannigan (USA) | 3:45.50 | New York, United States | 11 February 2017 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Paralympic Record | Michael Brannigan (USA) | 3:51.73 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 13 September 2016 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
| Africa | 4:31.47 | Record Mark | Record Mark |
| America | 3:45.50 WR | Michael Brannigan | United States |
| Asia | 3:53.35 | Daiki Akai | Japan |
| Europe | 3:54.36 | Aleksandr Rabotnitskii | Russia |
| Oceania | 4:11.81 | Kyle McIntosh | Australia |

## Results

The final took place on 3 September 2021, at 10:13:

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Owen Miller | Great Britain | 3:54.57 | |
| | Alexandr Rabotnitskii | RPC | 3:55.78 | |
| | Ndiaga Dieng | Italy | 3:57.24 | |
| 4 | Michael Brannigan | United States | 3:58.43 | SB |
| 5 | Daiki Akai | Japan | 3:58.78 | |
| 6 | Pavel Sarkeev | RPC | 4:00.43 | |
| 7 | Daniel Pek | Poland | 4:01.00 | SB |
| 8 | Yuki Iwata | Japan | 4:01.72 | |
| 9 | Yuji Togawa | Japan | 4:03.62 | |
| 10 | Carmelo Rivera Fuentes | Puerto Rico | 4:03.68 | PB |
| 11 | Cristiano Pereira | Portugal | 4:05.10 | |
| 12 | Sandro Patricio Correia Baessa | Portugal | 4:05.50 | |
| 13 | Pavlo Voluikevych | Ukraine | 4:05.75 | |
| 14 | Gaël Geffroy | France | 4:15.52 | |
