Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T52–53
# Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T52–53

The Men's marathon T52-53 was a marathon event in athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, for wheelchair athletes. Franz Nietlispach and Heinz Frei finished in gold and bronze medal positions respectively for Switzerland, ensuring that Nietlispach won his first marathon title and also setting a Personal Record. Of the sixty-three starters, fifty-six reached the finish line.

## Results

| Place | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Franz Nietlispach (SUI) | 1:29:44 |
| 2 | Kazuya Murozuka (JPN) | 1:31:56 |
| 3 | Heinz Frei (SUI) | 1:32:42 |
| 4 | Scot Hollonbeck (USA) | 1:32:53 |
| 5 | Prasopchoke Klunngern (THA) | 1:32:59 |
| 6 | Saul Mendoza (MEX) | 1:33:22 |
| 7 | Joël Jeannot (FRA) | 1:35:04 |
| 8 | Ben Robert Lucas (NZL) | 1:35:13 |
| 9 | Jeddie Schabort (RSA) | 1:37:27 |
| 10 | Jacob Heilveil (USA) | 1:37:29 |
| 11 | André Viger (CAN) | 1:37:30 |
| 12 | Josef Loisinger (AUT) | 1:37:30 |
| 13 | Aaron Gordian (MEX) | 1:37:30 |
| 14 | Jorge Luna (MEX) | 1:37:31 |
| 15 | Iwan van Breemen (NED) | 1:37:31 |
| 16 | Antonio Noguiera (POR) | 1:37:32 |
| 17 | Drazen Boric (GER) | 1:37:32 |
| 18 | Bong Lee (KOR) | 1:37:33 |
| 19 | Maximilian Weber (GER) | 1:37:40 |
| 20 | Ziv Bar-Shirha (ISR) | 1:37:40 |
| 21 | Thomas Gerlach (DEN) | 1:37:42 |
| 22 | Koichi Tatsumi (JPN) | 1:39:11 |
| 23 | Hideo Tanaka (JPN) | 1:41:27 |
| 24 | Bogdan Krol (POL) | 1:42:50 |
| 25 | Alexei Ivanov (RUS) | 1:44:00 |
| 26 | Paul Wiggins (AUS) | 1:44:52 |
| 27 | Mustapha Badid (FRA) | 1:44:57 |
| 28 | Georg Schrattnecker (AUT) | 1:45:13 |
| 29 | Peter Skornik (CZE) | 1:45:39 |
| 30 | Ernst van Dyk (RSA) | 1:45:55 |
| 31 | Enzo Masiello (ITA) | 1:46:36 |
| 32 | Marco Re Calegari (ITA) | 1:46:54 |
| 33 | Guido Muller (SUI) | 1:47:17 |
| 34 | Stephen Ellefson (CAN) | 1:47:17 |
| 35 | Arie de Graaf (NED) | 1:47:17 |
| 36 | Jack McKenna (GBR) | 1:47:19 |
| 37 | Orlando Cortes Perdigon (COL) | 1:47:45 |
| 38 | Frederic Periac (FRA) | 1:47:54 |
| 39 | Thomas Sellers (USA) | 1:48:07 |
| 40 | James Martinson (USA) | 1:48:25 |
| 41 | Serguei Shilov (RUS) | 1:50:51 |
| 42 | Ivan Newman (GBR) | 1:51:21 |
| 43 | Ampai Sualuang (THA) | 1:52:01 |
| 44 | Robert Thompson (GBR) | 1:54:53 |
| 45 | Yiannakis Gavriel (CYP) | 1:56:13 |
| 46 | Hans-Peter Berger (SUI) | 1:56:15 |
| 47 | Thomas Weinsheimer (GER) | 1:57:18 |
| 48 | Paul Nunnari (AUS) | 1:57:18 |
| 49 | Henricus van Hout (NED) | 1:58:19 |
| 50 | Robert Wickham (ZIM) | 2:02:15 |
| 51 | Omar Abi (ALG) | 2:04:13 |
| 52 | Wilson de la Cruz (ECU) | 2:05:20 |
| 53 | Gyorgy Legeza (HUN) | 2:11:29 |
| 54 | Eduardo Gomes Bacalhau (POR) | 2:14:20 |
| 55 | Angel Quevedo (ECU) | 2:37:47 |
| 56 | Lango Sinkamba (ZAM) | 3:09:17 |
| - | Vladislav Iachkine (RUS) | dnf |
| - | Robert Molinatti (USA) | dnf |
| - | Philippe Couprie (FRA) | dnf |
| - | Jean-Marc Berset (SUI) | dnf |
| - | Georges van Damme (BEL) | dnf |
| - | Serge Robert (FRA) | dnf |
| - | Edmund Makutya (ZIM) | dnf |
