Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres T54

The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

Men's 5000 metres T54
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueEstádio Olímpico João Havelange
Dates11 September 2016
Competitors19 from 12 nations
Medalists
Prawat Wahoram  Thailand
Marcel Hug  Switzerland
Kurt Fearnley  Australia

The Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres T54 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 11 September 2016, at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange.

Heats

Heat 1

18:04 9 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
142179Marcel Hug Switzerland10:20.17Q
212236Prawat Wahoram Thailand10:20.34Q
322352Joshua George United States10:20.36Q
471731Masayuki Higuchi Japan10:20.47q
592235Khajonsak Thamsopon Thailand10:21.40q
631536Alhassane Balde Germany10:21.67q
781203Josh Cassidy Canada10:27.94q
861779Gyu Dae Kim South Korea10:37.92
951378Ebbe Blichfeldt Denmark11:42.20

Heat 2

18:19 9 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
191051Kurt Fearnley Australia10:36.53Q
2102234Rawat Tana Thailand10:36.61Q
351777Suk Man Hong South Korea10:37.09Q
421254Yang Liu China10:38.46
571471Julien Casoli France10:39.38
611734Kozo Kubo Japan10:40.37
762372Daniel Romanchuk United States10:40.40
842180Tobias Loetscher Switzerland10:40.88
932373James Senbeta United States10:41.65
1081421Jorge Madera Spain10:42.62

Final

10:15 11 September 2016:[2]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
32236Prawat Wahoram Thailand11:01.71
62179Marcel Hug Switzerland11:02.04
81051Kurt Fearnley Australia11:02.37
4101731Masayuki Higuchi Japan11:02.54
512352Joshua George United States11:02.64
672234Rawat Tana Thailand11:02.72
752235Khajonsak Thamsopon Thailand11:02.80
841536Alhassane Balde Germany11:03.00
921777Suk Man Hong South Korea11:03.78
1091203Josh Cassidy Canada11:09.42

Notes

  1. "Men's 5000m - T54 - Heat 1". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  2. "Men's 5000m - T54 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
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