Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres

The Men's 5000m athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 27 to August 28, 2021. A total of 3 events were contested over this distance.

Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Dates27 – 28 August 2024
Competitors38
2016
2024

Schedule

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R Round 1 ½ Semifinals F Final
Date[1] Fri 27 Sat 28
Event M E M E
T11 5000m F
T13 5000m F
T54 5000m R F

Medal summary

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The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 5000 metres events.

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
T11
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Yeltsin Jacques
  Brazil
15:13.62 AR Kenya Karasawa
  Japan
15:18.12 Shinya Wada
  Japan
15:21.03
T13
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Yassine Ouhdadi El Ataby
  Spain
14:34.13 AR Jaryd Clifford
  Australia
14:35.52 AR Aleksandr Kostin
  RPC
14:37.42 PB
T54
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Marcel Hug
  Switzerland
10:29.90 Brent Lakatos
  Canada
10:30.19 Putharet Khongrak
  Thailand
10:30.37

Results

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The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 5000 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page.

The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.

The final in this classification took place on 27 August 2021, at 9:35:[2]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
  Yeltsin Jacques   Brazil 15:13.62 AR
  Kenya Karasawa   Japan 15:18.12
  Shinya Wada   Japan 15:21.03
4 Rodgers Kiprop   Kenya 15:27.06 PB
5 Rosbil Guillen   Peru 15:35.82 PB
6 Fedor Rudakovo   RPC 15:48.53
7 Darwin Castro   Ecuador 15:49.60 SB
8 Júlio César Agripino   Brazil 16:26.31
9 Cristian Valenzuela   Chile 17:15.14
10 Wilson Bii   Kenya 17:31.73

The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.

The final in this classification took place on 28 August 2021, at 9:40:[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Yassine Ouhdadi El Ataby   Spain 14:34.13 AR
  Jaryd Clifford   Australia 14:35.52 AR
  Aleksandr Kostin   RPC 14:37.42 PB
4 David Devine   Great Britain 14:38.00 SB
5 Guillaume Ouellet   Canada 14:47.47
6 Wajdi Boukhili   Tunisia 16:00.15
DNF El Amin Chentouf   Morocco
DNS Hatem Nasrallah   Tunisia

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.

The final in this classification took place on 28 August 2021, at 20:24:[4]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
  Marcel Hug   Switzerland 10:29.90
  Brent Lakatos   Canada 10:30.19
  Putharet Khongrak   Thailand 10:30.37
4 Daniel Romanchuk   United States 10:30.50
5 Alexey Bychenok   RPC 10:30.59
6 Prawat Wahoram   Thailand 10:30.59
7 Zhang Yong   China 10:30.82
8 Masayuki Higuchi   Japan 10:31.28
9 Dai Yunqiang   China 10:33.25
Julien Casoli   France DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ^ "T11 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ "T13 Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. ^ "T54 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.