# @paralympics on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=GSiERgN0psk
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70248817-paralympics-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-11T18:00:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Paralympic Games (@Paralympics) — https://gondola.cc/Paralympics

## Caption

On 11 September at Rio 2016, Algeria's Abdellatif Baka won gold in the 1,500m T13, clocking a time of 3:48.29, a new world record and 1.71 seconds faster than the winning time posted by that year's Olympic champion in the same event.

Astonishingly, the top four finishers all clocked times under 3:50.00. Ethiopia’s Tamiru Demisse won silver in 3:48.49, Kenya’s Henry Kirwa secured bronze in 3:49.59, and Algeria’s Fouad Baka finished fourth in 3:49.84.

All four times were faster than the top four finishing times in the Olympic final of the same event.

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rio2016, changestartswithsport, paraathletics, athletics, paralympics

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