2015 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's marathon

The men's marathon at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in the streets of London on 26 April as part of the 2015 London Marathon.

Classification

Athletes were given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allowed athletes to compete against others with a similar level of function.

The athletics classifications are:

  • 11–13: Blind (11) and visually impaired (12, 13) athletes
  • 31–38: Athletes with cerebral palsy
  • 51–58: Athletes with a spinal cord disability

The class numbers were given prefixes of "T", "F" and "P" for track, field and pentathlon events, respectively.

Visually impaired athletes classified 11 run with full eye shades and a guide runner; those classified 12 have the option of using a guide; those classified 13 did not use a guide runner.

Events

T12

The T12 classification marathon was contested by T12 and T11 athletes. Up to two guide runners were allowed to support each competitor.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
El Amin Chentouf Morocco2:21:33WR
Alberto Suárez Laso Spain2:21:47
Tadashi Horikoshi Japan2:27:42
4Masahiro Okamura Japan2:31:40
5Yutaka Kumagai Japan2:37:48
6Gabriel Macchi Portugal2:38:11
7Oleg Antipin Spain2:42:14
8Joaquim Machado Portugal2:44:02
9Nicolas Bompard France2:44:27
10Jorge Pina Portugal2:44:29
11Igor Khavlin Russia2:44:37
12Elkin Alonso Serna Moreno Colombia2:48:16
13Masato Hatate Japan2:49:12
14Sandi Novak Slovenia2:51:38
15Csaba Orban Hungary2:59:14
16Ralf Arnold Germany2:59:56

T13

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Aniceto Antonio Dos Santos Brazil2:35:42
Youssef Benibrahim Morocco2:36:07
Tim Prendergast New Zealand2:47:23
4Jason Romero United States2:51:53
5Stephen Marklew Great Britain3:01:03

T46

The T46 classification marathon was contested by T46 and T45 athletes.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Abderrahman Ait Khamouch Spain2:26:54WR
Alex Pires Da Silva Brazil2:27:36
Alessandro Di Lello Italy2:31:25
4Ahmed Farhat Morocco2:40:21
5Derek Rae Great Britain2:40:40
6Ezequiel Da Costa Brazil2:41:35
7Mario Bauer Austria2:41:50
8Manuel Mendes Portugal2:44:35
9Pedro Meza Austria2:44:52
10José Monteiro Portugal3:11:34
11Isidro Vildosola Philippines3:20:04

T52

The T52 classification marathon was contested by T52 and T51 athletes.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Raymond Martin United States1:52:27
Santiago Sanz Spain1:53:33
Cristian Torres Colombia2:08:52
4Rob Smith Great Britain2:12:43
5Hirokazu Ueyonabaru Japan2:40:08
6Stefan Strobel Germany3:08:00

T54

Elite wheelchair competitors at the start of the London Marathon: David Weir (37) 2nd, Josh Cassidy (22), Ernst van Dyk (23) 5th, Kota Hokinoue (26) 7th

The T54 classification marathon was contested by T54 and T53 athletes.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Joshua George United States1:31:31
David Weir Great Britain1:31:32
Masazumi Soejima Japan1:31:33
4Pierre Fairbank France1:31:33
5Ernst Van Dyk South Africa1:31:38
6Tomasz Hamerlak Poland1:31:56
7Kota Hokinoue Japan1:32:22
8Jordi Madera Spain1:33:22
9Heinz Frei  Switzerland1:32:23
10Simon Lawson Great Britain1:34:21
11Ryota Yoshida Japan1:35:35
12Alhassane Balde Germany1:38:31
13Tobias Loetscher  Switzerland1:38:32
14Laurens Molina Costa Rica1:38:32
15Denis Lemeunier France1:38:33
16Ebbe Blichfeldt Denmark1:38:34
17Hiroki Nishida Japan1:41:48
18Hiroyuki Yamamoto Japan1:43:29
19Alexey Bychenok Russia1:46:06
20John Smith Great Britain1:46:17
21Cornel Villiger  Switzerland1:46:18
22Justin Levene Great Britain1:46:20
23Patrick Monahan Ireland1:46:47
24Alexandrino Silva Portugal1:47:07
25Mark Telford Great Britain1:50:49
Josh Cassidy CanadaDNF
Marcel Hug  SwitzerlandDNF
Rafael Botello Jimenez SpainDNF

See also

References

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