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:
Area Time Athlete Nation Africa 9:58.63 Krige Schabort America 9:42.83 Daniel Romanchuk Asia 9:43.00 Zhang Yong Europe 9:44.01 Marcel Hug Oceania 9:59.71 Kurt Fearnley
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: Rank Athlete Nation Class Time Notes 1 Marcel Hug T54 9:53.26 PR, 2 Daniel Romanchuk T54 9:53.38 , 3 Alexey Bychenok T54 10:10.99 , 4 Putharet Khongrak T54 10:11.36 5 Masayuki Higuchi T54 10:11.49 , 6 Dai Yunqiang T54 10:14.80 , 7 Hu Yang T54 10:48.73 8 David Weir T54 10:49.05 - Alhassane Baldé T54
Heat 2 took place on 27 August 2021, at 20:54: Rank Athlete Nation Class Time Notes 1 Prawat Wahoram T54 10:14.91 2 Brent Lakatos T53 10:15.15 , 3 Zhang Yong T54 10:15.46 , 4 Julien Casoli T54 10:15.73 , 5 Aaron Pike T54 10:16.48 6 Brian Siemann T53 10:20.64 7 Kozo Kubo T54 10:21.34 8 Daniel Sidbury T54 10:26.65
Final The final took place on 28 August 2021, at 20:24: Rank Athlete Nation Class Time Notes Marcel Hug T54 10:29.90 Brent Lakatos T53 10:30.19 Putharet Khongrak T54 10:30.37 4 Daniel Romanchuk T54 10:30.50 5 Alexey Bychenok T54 10:30.59 6 Prawat Wahoram T54 10:30.59 7 Zhang Yong T54 10:30.82 8 Masayuki Higuchi T54 10:31.28 9 Dai Yunqiang T54 10:33.25 Julien Casoli T54
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