# Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T53

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| Classification |||||||||
| T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired |||||||||
| T/F20: Intellectual disability |||||||||
| T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy |||||||||
| F40: Les Autres |||||||||
| T/F42–46: Amputees |||||||||
| T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability |||||||||
| Men T/F51–58 |||||||||
| Track |||||||||
| 100 m | T51 | | T52 | | T53 | | T54 |
| 200 m | | | T52 | | T53 |
| 400 m | | | T52 | | T53 | | T54 |
| 800 m | | | T52 | | T53 | | T54 |
| 1500 m | | | | | | | T54 |
| 5000 m | | | | | | | T54 |
| 4×400 m relay | | | | | T53-54 | T53-54 | T53-54 |
| Road |||||||||
| Marathon | | | | | | | T54 |
| Field |||||||||
| Shot put | | F52-3 | F52-3 | F52-3 | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
| Club throw | | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 |
| Discus throw | | F51-3 | F51-3 | F51-3 | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
| Javelin throw | | F52-3 | F52-3 | F52-3 | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
| Women T/F51–58 |||||||||
| Track |||||||||
| 100 m | | | T52 | | T53 | | T54 |
| 200 m | | | T52 | | T53 |
| 400 m | | | | | T53 | | T54 |
| 800 m | | | | | T53 | | T54 |
| 1500 m | | | | | | | T54 |
| 5000 m | | | | | | | T54 |
| Road |||||||||
| Marathon | | | | | | | T54 |
| Field |||||||||
| Shot put | | | | | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
| Club throw | | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 |
| Discus throw | | F51-3 | F51-3 | F51-3 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
| Javelin throw | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F54-6 | F54-6 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
The Men's 800 metres T53 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 4 to 5 September.
The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
| World & Paralympic record | Li Huzhao (CHN) | 1:36.30 | 15 September 2008 | Beijing, China |

## Results
### Round 1

Competed 4 September 2012 from 12:54. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Richard Colman | Australia | 1:41.86 | Q |
| 2 | Yoo Byunghoon | South Korea | 1:42.20 | Q, SB |
| 3 | Brent Lakatos | Canada | 1:42.22 | Q, PB |
| 4 | Joshua George | United States | 1:42.32 | q |
| 5 | Jun Hiromichi | Japan | 1:42.42 | q |
| 6 | Zhao Yufei | China | 1:42.75 | PB |
| 7 | Zach Abbott | United States | 1:45.95 | PB |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Li Huzhao | China | 1:46.08 | Q |
| 2 | Brian Siemann | United States | 1:46.38 | Q |
| 3 | Pierre Fairbank | France | 1:46.47 | Q |
| 4 | Jesus Aguilar | Venezuela | 1:46.84 | |
| 5 | Roger Puigbo Verdaguer | Spain | 1:47.90 | |
| 6 | Hitoshi Matsunaga | Japan | 1:48.38 | |
| 7 | Jaime Ramirez Valencia | Mexico | 1:50.37 | |

### Final

Competed 5 September 2012 at 19:43.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Richard Colman | Australia | 1:41.13 | |
| | Brent Lakatos | Canada | 1:41.24 | PB |
| | Joshua George | United States | 1:41.50 | |
| 4 | Li Huzhao | China | 1:41.83 | |
| 5 | Yoo Byunghoon | South Korea | 1:42.44 | |
| 6 | Jun Hiromichi | Japan | 1:42.99 | |
| 7 | Pierre Fairbank | France | 1:43.02 | |
| 8 | Brian Siemann | United States | 1:43.09 | |
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.