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.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
World record9:54.8230 June 2007Atlanta, United StatesParalympic record10:13.218 September 2008Beijing, China
Results
Round 1 Competed 31 August 2012 from 19:15. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the best fourth place (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Julien Casoli 10:56.53 Q2 Kurt Fearnley 10:56.58 Q3 Prawat Wahoram 10:56.74 Q4 Kim Gyu Dae 10:56.94 q5 Jun Hiromichi 10:57.54 6 Roger Puigbo Verdaguer 10:57.60 7 Martin Velasco Soria 10:58.97 8 Adam Bleakney 11:48.00
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Marcel Hug 11:31.78 Q2 Hiroyuki Yamamoto 11:32.16 Q3 Aaron Gordian Martinez 11:32.27 Q4 Josh Cassidy 11:32.47 5 Alain Fuss 11:32.90 6 Natheniel Arkley 11:33.18 7 Aaron Pike 11:33.74 8 Rafael Botello Jimenez 11:33.80
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 David Weir 11:28.88 Q2 Liu Chengming 11:29.06 Q3 Hong Sukman 11:29.32 Q4 Mohammad Vahdani 11:29.84 5 Tomasz Hamerlak 11:30.69 6 Kota Hokinoue 11:30.77 7 Krige Schabort 11:30.85 8 Denis Lemeunier 11:30.95 9 Alexandre Dupont 11:31.10
Final Competed 2 September 2012 at 21:49. Rank Athlete Country Time Notes David Weir 11:07.65 Kurt Fearnley 11:07.90 Julien Casoli 11:08.07 4 Marcel Hug 11:08.16 5 Prawat Wahoram 11:08.55 6 Kim Gyu Dae 11:08.95 7 Aaron Gordian Martinez 11:09.54 8 Liu Chengming 11:09.65 9 Hong Sukman 11:10.23 10 Hiroyuki Yamamoto 11:10.78
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time.
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