Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres T54

The Men's 5000 metres T54 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 31 August to 2 September.[1]

Men's 5000 metres T54
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Olympic Stadium
Dates31 August to 2 September
Competitors25 from 14 nations
Winning time11:07.65
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Weir  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kurt Fearnley  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Julien Casoli  France
Athletics at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Classification
T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired
T/F20: Intellectual disability
T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy
F40: Les Autres
T/F42–46: Amputees
T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability
Men T/F51–58
Track
100 m   T51   T52   T53   T54
200 m T52 T53
400 m T52 T53 T54
800 m T52 T53 T54
1500 m T54
5000 m T54
4×400 m relay T53-54
Road
Marathon T54
Field
Shot put F52-3 F54-6
F57-8
Club throw F31-32/51
Discus throw F51-3 F54-6
F57-8
Javelin throw F52-3 F54-6
F57-8
Women T/F51–58
Track
100 m T52 T53 T54
200 m T52 T53
400 m T53 T54
800 m T53 T54
1500 m T54
5000 m T54
Road
Marathon T54
Field
Shot put F54-6
F57-8
Club throw F31-32/51
Discus throw F51-3
F57-8
Javelin throw F33-34/52-53 F54-6
F57-8

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

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Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:

World record   David Weir (GBR) 9:54.82 30 June 2007 Atlanta, United States
Paralympic record   Kurt Fearnley (AUS) 10:13.21 8 September 2008 Beijing, China

Results

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Round 1

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Competed 31 August 2012 from 19:15. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the best fourth place (q) qualified.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Julien Casoli   France 10:56.53 Q
2 Kurt Fearnley   Australia 10:56.58 Q
3 Prawat Wahoram   Thailand 10:56.74 Q
4 Kim Gyu Dae   South Korea 10:56.94 q
5 Jun Hiromichi   Japan 10:57.54
6 Roger Puigbo Verdaguer   Spain 10:57.60
7 Martin Velasco Soria   Mexico 10:58.97
8 Adam Bleakney   United States 11:48.00

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Marcel Hug   Switzerland 11:31.78 Q
2 Hiroyuki Yamamoto   Japan 11:32.16 Q
3 Aaron Gordian Martinez   Mexico 11:32.27 Q
4 Josh Cassidy   Canada 11:32.47
5 Alain Fuss   France 11:32.90
6 Natheniel Arkley   Australia 11:33.18
7 Aaron Pike   United States 11:33.74
8 Rafael Botello Jimenez   Spain 11:33.80

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 David Weir   Great Britain 11:28.88 Q
2 Liu Chengming   China 11:29.06 Q
3 Hong Sukman   South Korea 11:29.32 Q
4 Mohammad Vahdani   United Arab Emirates 11:29.84
5 Tomasz Hamerlak   Poland 11:30.69
6 Kota Hokinoue   Japan 11:30.77
7 Krige Schabort   United States 11:30.85
8 Denis Lemeunier   France 11:30.95
9 Alexandre Dupont   Canada 11:31.10

Final

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Competed 2 September 2012 at 21:49.

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  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
6 Kim Gyu Dae   South Korea 11:08.95
7 Aaron Gordian Martinez   Mexico 11:09.54
8 Liu Chengming   China 11:09.65
9 Hong Sukman   South Korea 11:10.23
10 Hiroyuki Yamamoto   Japan 11:10.78

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time.

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics - Schedule & Results". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.