The Men's Marathon T12 was held on September 17 at 7:30.

For the first time, there was no separate marathon held for athletes categorised T11 (totally blind). T11 athletes competed in the T12 marathon, against athletes with severe visual impairment (T12). The fastest finisher among the T11 competitors was Andrea Cionna

Andrea Cionna

Andrea Cionna, born in 1968, is an Italian athlete from Osimo in the Province of Ancona. He holds the world record for the fastest marathon run by a totally blind man, set in 2:31:59 in Rome in 2007, and has won two bronze medals in blind long-distance running at the Paralympic Games.Cionna first...

 of Italy, who set a new Paralympic record for his category, but finished in seventh place, six minutes behind gold medallist Qi Shun

Qi Shun

Qi Shun is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category T12 long distance events.He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece...

, who set a new T12 marathon world record.

Medalists

Results

Place	|Athlete	|	|Class	|	|Final
1			T12		2:30:32 WR
2		T12	2:31:16
3		T12	2:33:27
4		T12	2:35:26
5		T12	2:35:27
6		T12	2:36:02
7		T11	2:36:43 PR
8		T12	2:38:17
9		T12	2:38:50
10		T12	2:39:41
11		T12	2:39:41
12		T12	2:39:55
13		T12	2:40:47
14		T12	2:42:06
15		T12	2:42:33
16		T11	2:43:38
17		T12	2:44:50
18		T12	2:48:03
19		T11	2:51:14
20		T11	2:54:40
21		T12	2:56:31
22		T12	2:57:50
23		T12	3:21:07
24		T12	3:29:59
		T12	DNF
		T12	DNF