See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
The Men's 5,000m T54 had its First Round held on September 8 at 19:18 and its Final on September 11 at 19:35.
| Place | width=250 | Athlete ! | width=100 | Round 1 ! | width=100 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10:21.31 Q | 10:22.38 | |||||||
| 2 | 10:13.21 Q PR | 10:22.97 | |||||||
| 3 | 10:21.27 Q | 10:23.03 | |||||||
| 4 | 10:51.19 Q | 10:23.20 | |||||||
| 5 | 10:14.55 q | 10:23.70 | |||||||
| 6 | 10:51.39 Q | 10:25.48 | |||||||
| 7 | 10:14.41 Q | 10:25.49 | |||||||
| 8 | 10:16.03 q | 10:25.67 | |||||||
| 9 | 10:15.34 q | 10:25.78 | |||||||
| 10 | 10:15.11 q | 10:26.15 | |||||||
| 11 | 10:22.43 | ||||||||
| 12 | 10:23.24 | ||||||||
| 13 | 10:23.71 | ||||||||
| 14 | 10:23.80 | ||||||||
| 15 | 10:24.05 | ||||||||
| 16 | 10:24.13 | ||||||||
| 17 | 10:28.87 | ||||||||
| 18 | 10:51.15 | ||||||||
| 19 | 10:51.41 | ||||||||
| 20 | 10:52.28 | ||||||||
| 21 | 10:53.53 | ||||||||
| 22 | 10:53.54 | ||||||||
| 23 | 10:53.56 | ||||||||
| 24 | 10:54.43 | ||||||||
| 25 | 10:57.56 | ||||||||
| 26 | 11:01.20 | ||||||||
| 27 | 11:30.43 | ||||||||
| 28 | 11:30.79 | ||||||||
| DNF | |||||||||