Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres T54 explained

Event:	Men's 5000 metres T54
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates:	27–28 August 2021
Competitors:	17
Nations:	7
Gold:	Marcel Hug
Goldnpc:	SUI
Silver:	Brent Lakatos
Silvernpc:	CAN
Bronze:	Putharet Khongrak
Bronzenpc:	THA
Prev:	2016

The men's 5000 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place between 27 and 28 August 2021.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:^[1]

Area	Time	Athlete	Nation
Africa	9:58.63
America	9:42.83
Asia	9:43.00
Europe	9:44.01
Oceania	9:59.71

Results

Heats

First 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
1			T54	9:53.26	PR,
2			T54	9:53.38	,
3			T54	10:10.99	,
4			T54	10:11.36
5			T54	10:11.49	,
6			T54	10:14.80	,
7			T54	10:48.73
8			T54	10:49.05
-			T54

Heat 2 took place on 27 August 2021, at 20:54:^[3]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Class	Time	Notes
1			T54	10:14.91
2			T53	10:15.15	,
3			T54	10:15.46	,
4			T54	10:15.73	,
5			T54	10:16.48
6			T53	10:20.64
7			T54	10:21.34
8			T54	10:26.65

Final

The final took place on 28 August 2021, at 20:24:^[4]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Class	Time	Notes
			T54	10:29.90
			T53	10:30.19
			T54	10:30.37
4			T54	10:30.50
5			T54	10:30.59
6			T54	10:30.59
7			T54	10:30.82
8			T54	10:31.28
9			T54	10:33.25
			T54

Notes and References

1. Web site: Records – World Para Athletics. 26 August 2021.
2. Web site: Heat 1 Results. 28 August 2021. 27 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210827120537/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHM5000M---54020-----RND1000100--.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Heat 2 Results. 28 August 2021. 27 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210827121646/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHM5000M---54020-----RND1000200--.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: Final results. 28 August 2021. 28 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828124542/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHM5000M---54020-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.