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 | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Estádio Olímpico João Havelange | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 11 September 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 19 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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
editHeat 1
edit18:04 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
edit18:19 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
edit10:15 11 September 2016:[2]
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | 2236 | Prawat Wahoram | Thailand |
11:01.71 | ||
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6 | 2179 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland |
11:02.04 | ||
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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
edit- ^ a b "Men's 5000m - T54 - Heat 1". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Men's 5000m - T54 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
