Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T51–54

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
T51–54
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10000 m		men
Marathon		men		women
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
P54–58
Pentathlon		men
F51–58
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Club throw		men

Men's marathon races for wheelchair athletes at the 2004 Summer Paralympics followed a course from Marathon to the Panathinaiko Stadium, and started at 08:00 on 26 September. Events were held in three wheelchair disability classes, together with two classes of visually impaired athletes.^[1][2]

T51

The T51 event was won by Alvise de Vidi, representing Italy.^[3]

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Alvise de Vidi (ITA)	2:53:38
	Stefan Strobel (GER)	2:57:50
	Edgar Navarro (MEX)	3:13:42
4	Thorsten Oppold (GER)	3:27:23
5	Paolo D'Agostini (ITA)	3:48:28
6	Mikkel Gaarder (NOR)	3:54:32
	Dieter Geiling (GER)	DNF
	Tim Johansson (SWE)	DNF

T52

The T52 event was won by Toshihiro Takada, representing Japan.^[4]

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Toshihiro Takada (JPN)	2:00:02
	Thomas Geierspichler (AUT)	2:06:10
	Clayton Gerein (CAN)	2:14:26
4	Tomoya Ito (JPN)	2:20:12
5	Per Vesterlund (SWE)	2:26:09
6	Herbert Burns (USA)	2:37:36
7	Ramon Pla (ESP)	2:58:44

T54

The T54 event was won by Kurt Fearnley, representing Australia.^[5]

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Kurt Fearnley (AUS)	1:25:37
	Kelly Smith (CAN)	1:29:39
	Tomasz Hamerlak (POL)	1:31:01
4	Aaron Gordian (MEX)	1:31:03
5	Joël Jeannot (FRA)	1:31:42
6	Nobukazu Hanaoka (JPN)	1:31:50
7	Heinz Frei (SUI)	1:32:04
8	Jacob Heilveil (USA)	1:33:11
9	Hiroki Sasahara (JPN)	1:33:55
10	Masazumi Soejima (JPN)	1:34:59
11	Alain Fuss (FRA)	1:35:32
12	Ralph Brunner (GER)	1:35:39
13	Alan Bergman (CAN)	1:37:40
14	Denis Lemeunier (FRA)	1:37:41
15	Krige Schabort (RSA)	1:39:53
16	Jun Hiromichi (JPN)	1:40:24
17	Martin Velasco Soria (MEX)	1:41:00
18	Ernst van Dyk (RSA)	1:41:59
19	Paul Nunnari (AUS)	1:43:16
20	Marko Sever (SLO)	1:43:41
21	Roger Puigbo (ESP)	1:43:50
22	Robert Figl (GER)	1:45:11
23	Michel Filteau (CAN)	1:48:17
24	Scot Hollonbeck (USA)	1:49:16
25	Gottfried Ferchl (AUT)	1:50:19
26	Oeivind Sletten (NOR)	1:54:37
27	Vicente Arzo (ESP)	2:00:50
28	Tyler Byers (USA)	2:01:09
29	Omer Cantay (TUR)	2:06:02
30	Yiannakis Gavriel (CYP)	2:18:22
31	Yevgeniy Tetyukhin (KAZ)	2:35:45
32	Sergey Ussoltsev (KAZ)	2:39:54
	Mohamed Farhat Belkhir (TUN)	DNF
	William Rivas (ESA)	DNS
	Choke Yasuoka (JPN)	DNS
	Franz Nietlispach (SUI)	DNS
	Adam Bleakney (USA)	DNS
	Joshua George (USA)	DNS

References

1. Derek Gatopoulos (AP) (26 September 2004). "Blind Japanese runner wins Paralympic marathon". USA Today. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
2. "2004 Summer Paralympics - Schedule - Athletics". Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 October 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
3. "Men's Marathon - T51". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
4. "Men's Marathon - T52". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
5. "Men's Marathon - T54". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2012.