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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres T54

The men's 5000 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place between 27 and 28 August 2021.

Men's 5000 metres T54
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates27–28 August 2021
Competitors17 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brent Lakatos  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Putharet Khongrak  Thailand
←2016

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.

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]

World Record   Daniel Romanchuk (USA) 9:42.83 Arbon, Switzerland 2 June 2019
Paralympic Record   Kurt Fearnley (AUS) 10:13.21 Beijing, China 8 September 2008
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 9:58.63 Krige Schabort   South Africa
America 9:42.83 WR Daniel Romanchuk   USA
Asia 9:43.00 Zhang Yong   China
Europe 9:44.01 Marcel Hug    Switzerland
Oceania 9:59.71 Kurt Fearnley   Australia

Results edit

Heats edit

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final round.

Heat 1 took place on 27 August 2021, at 20:35:[2]

Rank Athlete Nation Class Time Notes
1 Marcel Hug   Switzerland T54 9:53.26 PR, Q
2 Daniel Romanchuk   United States T54 9:53.38 Q, SB
3 Alexey Bychenok   RPC T54 10:10.99 Q, SB
4 Putharet Khongrak   Thailand T54 10:11.36 q
5 Masayuki Higuchi   Japan T54 10:11.49 q, SB
6 Dai Yunqiang   China T54 10:14.80 q, SB
7 Hu Yang   China T54 10:48.73 SB
8 David Weir   Great Britain T54 10:49.05
- Alhassane Baldé   Germany T54 DNF

Heat 2 took place on 27 August 2021, at 20:54:[3]

Rank Athlete Nation Class Time Notes
1 Prawat Wahoram   Thailand T54 10:14.91 Q
2 Brent Lakatos   Canada T53 10:15.15 Q, SB
3 Zhang Yong   China T54 10:15.46 Q, SB
4 Julien Casoli   France T54 10:15.73 q, SB
5 Aaron Pike   United States T54 10:16.48
6 Brian Siemann   United States T53 10:20.64 SB
7 Kozo Kubo   Japan T54 10:21.34 SB
8 Daniel Sidbury   Great Britain T54 10:26.65 SB

Final edit

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

Rank Athlete Nation Class Time Notes
  Marcel Hug   Switzerland T54 10:29.90
  Brent Lakatos   Canada T53 10:30.19
  Putharet Khongrak   Thailand T54 10:30.37
4 Daniel Romanchuk   United States T54 10:30.50
5 Alexey Bychenok   RPC T54 10:30.59
6 Prawat Wahoram   Thailand T54 10:30.59
7 Zhang Yong   China T54 10:30.82
8 Masayuki Higuchi   Japan T54 10:31.28
9 Dai Yunqiang   China T54 10:33.25
Julien Casoli   France T54 DNF

References edit

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Heat 1 Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Heat 2 Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
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