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

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

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 records were as follows:

| World Record | Daniel Romanchuk (USA) | 9:42.83 | Arbon, Switzerland | 2 June 2019 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Paralympic Record | Kurt Fearnley (AUS) | 10:13.21 | Beijing, China | 8 September 2008 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
| Africa | 9:58.63 | Krige Schabort | South Africa |
| America | 9:42.83 WR | Daniel Romanchuk | USA |
| Asia | 9:43.00 | Zhang Yong | China |
| Europe | 9:44.01 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland |
| Oceania | 9:59.71 | Kurt Fearnley | Australia |

## 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 | Switzerland | T54 | 9:53.26 | PR, Q |
| 2 | Daniel Romanchuk | United States | T54 | 9:53.38 | Q, SB |
| 3 | Alexey Bychenok | RPC | T54 | 10:10.99 | Q, SB |
| 4 | Putharet Khongrak | Thailand | T54 | 10:11.36 | q |
| 5 | Masayuki Higuchi | Japan | T54 | 10:11.49 | q, SB |
| 6 | Dai Yunqiang | China | T54 | 10:14.80 | q, SB |
| 7 | Hu Yang | China | T54 | 10:48.73 | SB |
| 8 | David Weir | Great Britain | T54 | 10:49.05 | |
| - | Alhassane Baldé | Germany | T54 | DNF | |

Heat 2 took place on 27 August 2021, at 20:54:

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Class | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Prawat Wahoram | Thailand | T54 | 10:14.91 | Q |
| 2 | Brent Lakatos | Canada | T53 | 10:15.15 | Q, SB |
| 3 | Zhang Yong | China | T54 | 10:15.46 | Q, SB |
| 4 | Julien Casoli | France | T54 | 10:15.73 | q, SB |
| 5 | Aaron Pike | United States | T54 | 10:16.48 | |
| 6 | Brian Siemann | United States | T53 | 10:20.64 | SB |
| 7 | Kozo Kubo | Japan | T54 | 10:21.34 | SB |
| 8 | Daniel Sidbury | Great Britain | T54 | 10:26.65 | SB |

### Final

The final took place on 28 August 2021, at 20:24:

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Class | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | T54 | 10:29.90 |
| | Brent Lakatos | Canada | T53 | 10:30.19 |
| | Putharet Khongrak | Thailand | T54 | 10:30.37 |
| 4 | Daniel Romanchuk | United States | T54 | 10:30.50 |
| 5 | Alexey Bychenok | RPC | T54 | 10:30.59 |
| 6 | Prawat Wahoram | Thailand | T54 | 10:30.59 |
| 7 | Zhang Yong | China | T54 | 10:30.82 |
| 8 | Masayuki Higuchi | Japan | T54 | 10:31.28 |
| 9 | Dai Yunqiang | China | T54 | 10:33.25 |
| | Julien Casoli | France | T54 | DNF |
