Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres T52–54

Men's 5000m races for wheelchair athletes at the 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in the Athens Olympic Stadium. ^[1] Events were held in two disability classes.

T52

Men's 5,000m T52 at the XII Paralympic Games
Venue	Athens Olympic Stadium
Dates	19 September 2004
Competitors	9 from 6 nations
Winning time	13:10.86
Medalists
Toshihiro Takada   Japan Thomas Geierspichler   Austria Santiago Sanz   Spain

The T52 event consisted of a single race. It was won by Toshihiro Takada, representing   Japan. ^[2]

Final Round

19 Sept. 2004, 20:20

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Toshihiro Takada  (JPN)	13:10.86	PR
	Thomas Geierspichler  (AUT)	13:10.94
	Santiago Sanz  (ESP)	13:12.65
4	Tomoya Ito  (JPN)	13:48.42
5	Clayton Gerein  (CAN)	13:48.82
6	Richard Reelie  (CAN)	13:49.15
7	Per Vesterlund  (SWE)	14:30.33
8	Theodore Bridis  (USA)	15:06.57
9	Herbert Burns  (USA)	15:44.70

T54

Men's 5,000m T54 at the XII Paralympic Games
Venue	Athens Olympic Stadium
Dates	22–24 September 2004
Competitors	26 from 14 nations
Winning time	10:23.98
Medalists
Kurt Fearnley   Australia Aaron Gordian   Mexico Ernst van Dyk   South Africa

The T54 event consisted of 2 heats and a final. It was won by Kurt Fearnley, representing   Australia. ^[3]

1st Round

Qualified for next round

Heat 1

22 Sept. 2004, 09:35

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Joël Jeannot  (FRA)	10:24.37	PR Q
2	Kurt Fearnley  (AUS)	10:24.54	Q
3	Choke Yasuoka  (JPN)	10:24.95	Q
4	Ernst van Dyk  (RSA)	10:25.20	Q
5	Kelly Smith  (CAN)	10:25.44	q
6	Aaron Gordian  (MEX)	10:25.61	q
7	Ralph Brunner  (GER)	10:25.74	q
8	Heinz Frei  (SUI)	10:25.76	q
9	Jacob Heilveil  (USA)	10:25.83
10	Martin Velasco Soria  (MEX)	10:26.05
11	Michel Filteau  (CAN)	10:37.37
12	Scot Hollonbeck  (USA)	10:38.43
13	Yevgeniy Tetyukhin  (KAZ)	16:17.64

Heat 2

22 Sept. 2004, 09:50

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Prawat Wahorum  (THA)	10:29.43	Q
2	Saúl Mendoza  (MEX)	10:29.62	Q
3	Tomasz Hamerlak  (POL)	10:29.89	Q
4	Marcel Hug  (SUI)	10:29.93	Q
5	Krige Schabort  (RSA)	10:30.07
6	Alain Fuss  (FRA)	10:30.23
7	Mohamed Farhat Belkhir  (TUN)	10:30.26
8	Jeffrey Adams  (CAN)	10:31.64
9	Eric Teurnier  (FRA)	10:32.75
10	Tyler Byers  (USA)	10:33.73
11	Paul Nunnari  (AUS)	11:08.42
12	Sergey Ussoltsev  (KAZ)	11:53.60
	Mario Madriz  (NCA)	DNF

Final Round

24 Sept. 2004, 19:55

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Kurt Fearnley  (AUS)	10:23.98	PR
	Aaron Gordian  (MEX)	10:24.38
	Ernst van Dyk  (RSA)	10:24.07
4	Ralph Brunner  (GER)	10:24.82
5	Joël Jeannot  (FRA)	10:25.35
6	Marcel Hug  (SUI)	10:25.51
7	Kelly Smith  (CAN)	10:25.52
8	Prawat Wahorum  (THA)	10:25.56
9	Tomasz Hamerlak  (POL)	10:26.43
10	Choke Yasuoka  (JPN)	10:26.63
11	Heinz Frei  (SUI)	10:26.64
12	Saúl Mendoza  (MEX)	10:26.76

References

1. "2004 Summer Paralympics - Schedule - Athletics". Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 October 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
2. "Men's 5,000m T52". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
3. "Men's 5,000m T54". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 October 2012.