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 | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
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Competitors | 17 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 10:29.90 | ||||||||||||
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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
editPrior 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 |
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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
editHeats
editFirst 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 |
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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 |
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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
editThe final took place on 28 August 2021, at 20:24:[4]
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Class | Time | Notes |
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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- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 1 Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 2 Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.