Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres T13
# Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres T13

The men's 5000 metres T13 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place on 28 August 2021.

The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:

| World Record | Youssef Benibrahim (MAR) | 14:20.69 | London, United Kingdom | 16 July 2017 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Paralympic Record | Bilel Aloui (TUN) | 14:33.33 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 15 September 2016 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
| Africa | 14:20.69 WR | Youssef Benibrahim | Morocco |
| America | 14:23.24 | Guillaume Ouellet | Canada |
| Asia | 15:44.29 | Toshiharu Takai | Japan |
| Europe | 14:42.12 | Yassine Ouhdadi El Ataby | Spain |
| Oceania | 15:31.61 | Tim Prendergast | New Zealand |

## Results

### Final

The final took place on 28 August, at 9:40:

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Class | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Yassine Ouhdadi El Ataby | Spain | T13 | 14:34.13 | AR |
| | Jaryd Clifford | Australia | T12 | 14:35.52 | AR |
| | Aleksandr Kostin Iurii Kloptcov (Guide) | RPC | T12 | 14:37.42 | PB |
| 4 | David Devine | Great Britain | T12 | 14:38.00 | SB |
| 5 | Guillaume Ouellet | Canada | T13 | 14:47.47 | |
| 6 | Wajdi Boukhili | Tunisia | T12 | 16:00.15 | |
| DNF | El Amin Chentouf | Morocco | T12 | | |
| DNS | Hatem Nasrallah | Tunisia | T12 | | |
