2015 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's marathon

Events at the
2015 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Club throw men women

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:

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]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st El Amin Chentouf  Morocco 2:21:33 WR
2nd Alberto Suárez Laso  Spain 2:21:47
3rd Tadashi Horikoshi  Japan 2:27:42
4 Masahiro Okamura  Japan 2:31:40
5 Yutaka Kumagai  Japan 2:37:48
6 Gabriel Macchi  Portugal 2:38:11
7 Oleg Antipin  Spain 2:42:14
8 Joaquim Machado  Portugal 2:44:02
9 Nicolas Bompard  France 2:44:27
10 Jorge Pina  Portugal 2:44:29
11 Igor Khavlin  Russia 2:44:37
12 Elkin Alonso Serna Moreno  Colombia 2:48:16
13 Masato Hatate  Japan 2:49:12
14 Sandi Novak  Slovenia 2:51:38
15 Csaba Orban  Hungary 2:59:14
16 Ralf Arnold  Germany 2:59:56

T13

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Aniceto Antonio Dos Santos  Brazil 2:35:42
2nd Youssef Benibrahim  Morocco 2:36:07
3rd Tim Prendergast  New Zealand 2:47:23
4 Jason Romero  United States 2:51:53
5 Stephen Marklew  Great Britain 3:01:03

T46

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Abderrahman Ait Khamouch  Spain 2:26:54 WR
2nd Alex Pires Da Silva  Brazil 2:27:36
3rd Alessandro Di Lello  Italy 2:31:25
4 Ahmed Farhat  Morocco 2:40:21
5 Derek Rae  Great Britain 2:40:40
6 Ezequiel Da Costa  Brazil 2:41:35
7 Mario Bauer  Austria 2:41:50
8 Manuel Mendes  Portugal 2:44:35
9 Pedro Meza  Austria 2:44:52
10 José Monteiro  Portugal 3:11:34
11 Isidro Vildosola  Philippines 3:20:04

T52

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Raymond Martin  United States 1:52:27
2nd Santiago Sanz  Spain 1:53:33
3rd Cristian Torres  Colombia 2:08:52
4 Rob Smith  Great Britain 2:12:43
5 Hirokazu Ueyonabaru  Japan 2:40:08
6 Stefan Strobel  Germany 3:08:00

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.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Joshua George  United States 1:31:31
2nd David Weir  Great Britain 1:31:32
3rd Masazumi Soejima  Japan 1:31:33
4 Pierre Fairbank  France 1:31:33
5 Ernst Van Dyk  South Africa 1:31:38
6 Tomasz Hamerlak  Poland 1:31:56
7 Kota Hokinoue  Japan 1:32:22
8 Jordi Madera  Spain 1:33:22
9 Heinz Frei   Switzerland 1:32:23
10 Simon Lawson  Great Britain 1:34:21
11 Ryota Yoshida  Japan 1:35:35
12 Alhassane Balde  Germany 1:38:31
13 Tobias Loetscher   Switzerland 1:38:32
14 Laurens Molina  Costa Rica 1:38:32
15 Denis Lemeunier  France 1:38:33
16 Ebbe Blichfeldt  Denmark 1:38:34
17 Hiroki Nishida  Japan 1:41:48
18 Hiroyuki Yamamoto  Japan 1:43:29
19 Alexey Bychenok  Russia 1:46:06
20 John Smith  Great Britain 1:46:17
21 Cornel Villiger   Switzerland 1:46:18
22 Justin Levene  Great Britain 1:46:20
23 Patrick Monahan  Ireland 1:46:47
24 Alexandrino Silva  Portugal 1:47:07
25 Mark Telford  Great Britain 1:50:49
Josh Cassidy  Canada DNF
Marcel Hug   Switzerland DNF
Rafael Botello Jimenez  Spain DNF

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Qualification Criteria and Event Programme: 2015 IPC Athletics Marathon World Championships, London, GBR" (pdf). IPC. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
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