Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres T54
# Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres 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.

The Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres T54 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 11 September 2016, at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange.

## Heats

### Heat 1

18:04 9 September 2016:

| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | 2179 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 10:20.17 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 2236 | Prawat Wahoram | Thailand | 10:20.34 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 2352 | Joshua George | United States | 10:20.36 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 1731 | Masayuki Higuchi | Japan | 10:20.47 | q |
| 5 | 9 | 2235 | Khajonsak Thamsopon | Thailand | 10:21.40 | q |
| 6 | 3 | 1536 | Alhassane Balde | Germany | 10:21.67 | q |
| 7 | 8 | 1203 | Josh Cassidy | Canada | 10:27.94 | q |
| 8 | 6 | 1779 | Gyu Dae Kim | South Korea | 10:37.92 | |
| 9 | 5 | 1378 | Ebbe Blichfeldt | Denmark | 11:42.20 | |

### Heat 2

18:19 9 September 2016:

| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | 1051 | Kurt Fearnley | Australia | 10:36.53 | Q |
| 2 | 10 | 2234 | Rawat Tana | Thailand | 10:36.61 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 1777 | Suk Man Hong | South Korea | 10:37.09 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 1254 | Yang Liu | China | 10:38.46 | |
| 5 | 7 | 1471 | Julien Casoli | France | 10:39.38 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1734 | Kozo Kubo | Japan | 10:40.37 | |
| 7 | 6 | 2372 | Daniel Romanchuk | United States | 10:40.40 | |
| 8 | 4 | 2180 | Tobias Loetscher | Switzerland | 10:40.88 | |
| 9 | 3 | 2373 | James Senbeta | United States | 10:41.65 | |
| 10 | 8 | 1421 | Jorge Madera | Spain | 10:42.62 | |

## Final

10:15 11 September 2016:

| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | 2236 | Prawat Wahoram | Thailand | 11:01.71 |
| | 6 | 2179 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 11:02.04 |
| | 8 | 1051 | Kurt Fearnley | Australia | 11:02.37 |
| 4 | 10 | 1731 | Masayuki Higuchi | Japan | 11:02.54 |
| 5 | 1 | 2352 | Joshua George | United States | 11:02.64 |
| 6 | 7 | 2234 | Rawat Tana | Thailand | 11:02.72 |
| 7 | 5 | 2235 | Khajonsak Thamsopon | Thailand | 11:02.80 |
| 8 | 4 | 1536 | Alhassane Balde | Germany | 11:03.00 |
| 9 | 2 | 1777 | Suk Man Hong | South Korea | 11:03.78 |
| 10 | 9 | 1203 | Josh Cassidy | Canada | 11:09.42 |
