Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres 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.

Men's 5000 metres T54 at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange
Dates	11 September 2016
Competitors	19 from 12 nations
Medalists
Prawat Wahoram  Thailand Marcel Hug  Switzerland Kurt Fearnley  Australia

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

Heat 1

18:04 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

18:19 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

10:15 11 September 2016:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	3	2236	Prawat Wahoram	Thailand		11:01.71
	6	2179	Marcel Hug	Switzerland		11:02.04
	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

1. "Men's 5000m - T54 - Heat 1". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "Men's 5000m - T54 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.