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

The Men's 5000m athletics events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 31 August to 7 September. A total of three events were contested over this distance for three different classifications.

## Schedule

| R | Round 1 | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event↓/Date → | Fri 31 | Fri 31 | Sat 1 | Sat 1 | Sun 2 | Sun 2 | Mon 3 | Mon 3 | Wed 5 | Wed 5 | Fri 7 | Fri 7 |
| T11 5000m | | | | | | | | | R | R | F | F |
| T12 5000m | R | R | | | | | F | F | | | | |
| T54 5000m | R | R | ½ | ½ | F | F | | | | | | |

## Results

### T11

The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.

Top five finishers:

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Cristian Valenzuela Guide: Cristopher Guajardo | Chile | 15:26.26 | PB |
| | Jason Joseph Dunkerley Guide: Josh Karanja | Canada | 15:34.07 | PB |
| | Shinya Wada | Japan | 15:55.26 | RR |
| 4 | Francis Thuo Karanja Guide: James Kuria Karanja | Kenya | 15:56.67 | PB |
| 5 | Nuno Alves | Portugal | 16:06.28 | SB |

### T12

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.

Top five finishers:

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | El Amin Chentouf | Morocco | 13:53.76 | WR |
| | Abderrahim Zhiou | Tunisia | 14:19.97 | PB |
| | Henry Kirwa | Kenya | 14:20.76 | PB |
| 4 | Gustavo Nieves | Spain | 14:22.93 | RR |
| 5 | Tadashi Horikoshi | Japan | 14:48.89 | RR |

### 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.

Final

Top five finishers:

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 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 |
