Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres T54

Men's 5000 metres T54 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	31 August to 2 September
Competitors	25 from 14 nations
Winning time	11:07.65
Medalists
David Weir  Great Britain Kurt Fearnley  Australia Julien Casoli  France

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Classification
T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired
T/F20: Intellectual disability
T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy
F40: Les Autres
T/F42–46: Amputees
T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability
Men T/F51–58
Track
100 m		T51		T52		T53		T54
200 m				T52		T53
400 m				T52		T53		T54
800 m				T52		T53		T54
1500 m								T54
5000 m								T54
4×400 m relay						T53-54
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Javelin throw			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Women T/F51–58
Track
100 m				T52		T53		T54
200 m				T52		T53
400 m						T53		T54
800 m						T53		T54
1500 m								T54
5000 m								T54
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put							F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3
			F57-8
Javelin throw		F33-34/52-53					F54-6
			F57-8

The Men's 5000 metres T54 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 31 August to 2 September.^[1]

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

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:

World record	David Weir (GBR)	9:54.82	30 June 2007	Atlanta, United States
Paralympic record	Kurt Fearnley (AUS)	10:13.21	8 September 2008	Beijing, China

Results

Round 1

Competed 31 August 2012 from 19:15. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the best fourth place (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Julien Casoli	France	10:56.53	Q
2	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	10:56.58	Q
3	Prawat Wahoram	Thailand	10:56.74	Q
4	Kim Gyu Dae	South Korea	10:56.94	q
5	Jun Hiromichi	Japan	10:57.54
6	Roger Puigbo Verdaguer	Spain	10:57.60
7	Martin Velasco Soria	Mexico	10:58.97
8	Adam Bleakney	United States	11:48.00

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	11:31.78	Q
2	Hiroyuki Yamamoto	Japan	11:32.16	Q
3	Aaron Gordian Martinez	Mexico	11:32.27	Q
4	Josh Cassidy	Canada	11:32.47
5	Alain Fuss	France	11:32.90
6	Natheniel Arkley	Australia	11:33.18
7	Aaron Pike	United States	11:33.74
8	Rafael Botello Jimenez	Spain	11:33.80

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	David Weir	Great Britain	11:28.88	Q
2	Liu Chengming	China	11:29.06	Q
3	Hong Sukman	South Korea	11:29.32	Q
4	Mohammad Vahdani	United Arab Emirates	11:29.84
5	Tomasz Hamerlak	Poland	11:30.69
6	Kota Hokinoue	Japan	11:30.77
7	Krige Schabort	United States	11:30.85
8	Denis Lemeunier	France	11:30.95
9	Alexandre Dupont	Canada	11:31.10

Final

Competed 2 September 2012 at 21:49.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	David Weir	Great Britain	11:07.65
	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	11:07.90
	Julien Casoli	France	11:08.07
4	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	11:08.16
5	Prawat Wahoram	Thailand	11:08.55
6	Kim Gyu Dae	South Korea	11:08.95
7	Aaron Gordian Martinez	Mexico	11:09.54
8	Liu Chengming	China	11:09.65
9	Hong Sukman	South Korea	11:10.23
10	Hiroyuki Yamamoto	Japan	11:10.78

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time.

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