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

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Men's 5000 metres T54
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueEstádio Olímpico João Havelange
Dates11 September 2016
Competitors19 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Prawat Wahoram  Thailand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kurt Fearnley  Australia

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 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

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Heat 1

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18:04 9 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1 4 2179 Marcel Hug  Switzerland 10:20.17 Q
2 1 2236 Prawat Wahoram  Thailand 10:20.34 Q
3 2 2352 Joshua George  United States 10:20.36 Q
4 7 1731 Masayuki Higuchi  Japan 10:20.47 q
5 9 2235 Khajonsak Thamsopon  Thailand 10:21.40 q
6 3 1536 Alhassane Balde  Germany 10:21.67 q
7 8 1203 Josh Cassidy  Canada 10:27.94 q
8 6 1779 Gyu Dae Kim  South Korea 10:37.92
9 5 1378 Ebbe Blichfeldt  Denmark 11:42.20

Heat 2

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18:19 9 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1 9 1051 Kurt Fearnley  Australia 10:36.53 Q
2 10 2234 Rawat Tana  Thailand 10:36.61 Q
3 5 1777 Suk Man Hong  South Korea 10:37.09 Q
4 2 1254 Yang Liu  China 10:38.46
5 7 1471 Julien Casoli  France 10:39.38
6 1 1734 Kozo Kubo  Japan 10:40.37
7 6 2372 Daniel Romanchuk  United States 10:40.40
8 4 2180 Tobias Loetscher  Switzerland 10:40.88
9 3 2373 James Senbeta  United States 10:41.65
10 8 1421 Jorge Madera  Spain 10:42.62

Final

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10:15 11 September 2016:[2]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 2236 Prawat Wahoram  Thailand 11:01.71
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 2179 Marcel Hug  Switzerland 11:02.04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 1051 Kurt Fearnley  Australia 11:02.37
4 10 1731 Masayuki Higuchi  Japan 11:02.54
5 1 2352 Joshua George  United States 11:02.64
6 7 2234 Rawat Tana  Thailand 11:02.72
7 5 2235 Khajonsak Thamsopon  Thailand 11:02.80
8 4 1536 Alhassane Balde  Germany 11:03.00
9 2 1777 Suk Man Hong  South Korea 11:03.78
10 9 1203 Josh Cassidy  Canada 11:09.42

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Men's 5000m - T54 - Heat 1". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Men's 5000m - T54 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.