*** Welcome to piglix ***

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T11–13

Men's marathon T11
at the XII Paralympic Games
Athletics - Paralympic pictogram.svg
Paralympic Athletics
Competitors 17 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Yuichi Takahashi  Japan
2nd, silver medalist(s) Carlos Amaral Ferreira  Portugal
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Andrea Cionna  Italy
1st, gold medalist(s) Yuichi Takahashi  Japan
2nd, silver medalist(s) Carlos Amaral Ferreira  Portugal
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Andrea Cionna  Italy
Athletics at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg
T11–13
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men
10000 m men
Marathon men
4×100 m relay men
P13
Pentathlon men
F11–13
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men
Men's marathon T13
at the XII Paralympic Games
Athletics - Paralympic pictogram.svg
Paralympic Athletics
Competitors 19 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ildar Pomykalov  Russia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Roy Daniell  Australia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Linas Balsys  Lithuania
1st, gold medalist(s) Ildar Pomykalov  Russia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Roy Daniell  Australia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Linas Balsys  Lithuania

The Men's marathon T11 was a marathon event in athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, for totally blind athletes (running with a sighted guide). Defending champion and world record holder Carlos Amaral Ferreira of Portugal took part, along with sixteen other athletes, from a total of ten countries. No athlete had ever successfully defended his title in the men's fully blind marathon, and Ferreira failed to become the first; he took silver, finishing half a minute behind Japan's Yuichi Takahashi.

The 2004 men's T11 marathon is the most recent to have been held as a distinct event. At the 2008 Paralympics, it was abolished, and athletes categorised T11 (totally blind) were invited to run in the T12 marathon for athletes with severe visual impairment.

The T13 event, held at the same time as the T11, was won by Ildar Pomykalov, representing  Russia.


...
Wikipedia

...