2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's marathon


The men's marathon at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in the streets of Christchurch, New Zealand on 30 January.
British athlete David Weir, on January 29, pulled out of the marathon for safety reasons, as the roads around the circuit would not be closed to traffic. He was to compete in the classification T54 event.
British athlete and world record holder Richard Whitehead did not get to compete in a marathon event. He has a double leg amputation and is classified as T42. There was no T42 marathon event, because there were too few marathon runners with a single or double leg amputation. He was not allowed to run in the marathon T46 event.

Medalists

ClassGoldSilverBronze
T11Cristian Valenzuela
Andrea Cionna
Shinya Wada
T12Alberto Suarez Laso
Elkin Alonso Serna Moreno
Masahiro Okamura
T46Mario Santillan Hernandez
Tito Sena
Ozivam Bonfim
T54Kurt Fearnley
Heinz Frei
Masazumi Soejima

T11

The Men's marathon, T11 was held on January 30
T11 = visual impairment: may range from no light perception in either eye to light perception with the inability to recognise the shape of a hand.

Results

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Cristian Valenzuela2:41:04CR
Andrea Cionna2:41:39
Shinya Wada2:43:26PB
Yuichi Takahashi2:44:22SB
Joaquim Machado2:44:38PB
Yoshihide Hukuhara2:54:36
Carlos Ferreira2:55:38

Key: CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best, PB = Personal Best

T12

The Men's marathon, T12 was held on January 30
T12 = visual impairment: may recognise the shape of a hand and have a visual acuity of 2/60 and/or visual field of under 5 degrees.

Results

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Alberto Suárez Laso2:28:10WR
Elkin Alonso Serna Moreno2:32:42
Masahiro Okamura2:34:03
Manuel Garnica Roldan2:34:47PB
Ildar Pomykalov2:35:59PB
Moises Beristain Gutierrez2:40:56PB
Luis Enrique Herrera2:49:51PB
Henry Cardenas3:44:35
Gabriel MacchiDNF

Key: WR = World Record, PB = Personal Best

T46

The Men's marathon, T46 was held on January 30
T46 = single above or below elbow amputation or equivalent impairments.

Results

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Mario Santillan Hernandez2:30:59
Tito Sena2:32:01
Ozivam Bonfim2:33:50SB
Walter Endrizzi2:36:38
Chris Hammer2:50:10
Pedro Meza Zempoaltecatl2:53:16
Christoph SommerDNF
Frederic van Den HeedeDNF

T54

The Men's marathon, T54 was held on January 30
T54 = normal upper limb function, partial to normal trunk function, may have significant function of the lower limbs.

Results

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Kurt Fearnley1:31:09
Heinz Frei1:31:09
Masazumi Soejima1:31:10
Kota Hokinoue1:31:10
Roger Puigbo Verdaguer1:31:10SB
Ernst Francois van Dyk1:31:10
Pierre Fairbank1:31:11SB
Nobukazu Hanaoka1:31:14
Alain Fuss1:34:24
Tomasz Hamerlak1:34:24SB
Saul Mendoza Hernandez1:34:24SB
Aaron Gordian Martinez1:34:25
Rafael Botello Jimenez1:34:27SB
Masayuki Higuchi1:36:09
Jorge Madera1:36:40
Aron Andersson1:36:40
Khachonsak Thamsophon1:36:40
Ebbe Blichfeldt1:39:58SB
Aaron Pike1:40:53
Brett McArthur1:42:14
Hiroyuki Yamamoto1:42:31
Ekkachai Janthon1:45:40
Sukhum Namlun1:47:09
Ryan Chalmers1:49:05
Alberto BaptistaDNF
Marcel HugDNF
Denis LemeunierDNF
Richard NicholsonDNF
Alfonso ZaragozaDNF
Josh CassidyDNS
Jean-Paul CompaoreDNS
Michel FilteauDNS
Kyle ShawDNS
David WeirDNS

Key: SB = Season Best, DNF = Did not Finish, DNS = Did not Start