The men's 5000 metres T54 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 30 August 2024.
| Men's 5000 metres T54 at the XVII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stade de France | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 31 August 2024 | ||||||||||||
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| Men's · T11 · T13 · T54 · Women's · T54 |
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 |  Marcel Hug (SUI) |
9:13.84 |  Dubai |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Paralympic Record | Marcel Hug (SUI) |
9:53.26 |  Tokyo |
27 August 2021 |
Final
editThis list of sports fixtures or results is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2024) |
This event went straight to final.
The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2024, at 20:39:[2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Daniel Romanchuk |  United States |
10:55.28 | |
 |
Marcel Hug |  Switzerland |
10:55.78 | |
 |
Faisal Alrajehi |  Kuwait |
10:55.99 | |
| 4 | Ma Zhuo |  China |
10:56.20 | SB |
| 5 | Saichon Konjen |  Thailand |
10:56.26 | |
| 6 | Luo Xingchuan | China |
10:56.48 | SB |
| 7 | Brent Lakatos |  Canada |
10:56.73 | |
| 8 | David Weir |  Great Britain |
10:56.88 | |
| 9 | Brian Siemann | United States |
12:47.92 | |
| — | Putharet Khongrak | Thailand |
DNF |
References
edit- ^ Paris 2024 : Athletics : Men's 5000m T54 records
- ^ "Men's 5000 metres — T54 — Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.