The men's 800 metres T53 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 2 September 2021.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:
Area Time Athlete Nation Africa 1:44.68 Walid Ktila America 1:31.69 Brent Lakatos Asia 1:34.91 Hong Suk-man Europe 1:32.36 Pierre Fairbank Oceania 1:37.49 Richard Colman
Results Heats Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:21: Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Brent Lakatos 1:42.29 2 4 Masaberee Arsae 1:42.52 3 7 Vitalii Gritsenko 1:42.52 4 5 Nicolas Brignone 1:46.85 5 6 Joshusa George 1:55.33
Heat 2 took place on 2 September 2021, at 11:29: Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 Pongsakorn Paeyo 1:40.28 2 3 Pichet Krungget 1:40.90 3 8 Yang Shaoqiao 1:41.19 , 4 4 Pierre Fairbank 1:41.28 5 6 Brian Siemann 1:41.52 6 5 Yoo Byung-hoon 1:41.55
Final The final took place on 2 September, at 20:03: Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Pongsakorn Paeyo 1:36.07 6 Brent Lakatos 1:36.32 4 Pierre Fairbank 1:39.67 4 2 Yang Shaoqiao 1:40.08 5 7 Pichet Krungget 1:40.09 6 1 Vitalii Gritsenko 1:40.51 7 5 Masaberee Arsae 1:42.09 8 8 Brian Siemann 1:47.18
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