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

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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.

Schedule[edit]

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[edit]

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

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

Results[edit]

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.

T11[edit]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yeltsin Jacques  Brazil 15:13.62 AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kenya Karasawa  Japan 15:18.12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

T13[edit]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yassine Ouhdadi El Ataby  Spain 14:34.13 AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jaryd Clifford  Australia 14:35.52 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

T54[edit]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland 10:29.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brent Lakatos  Canada 10:30.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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[edit]

  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.