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

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The Men's 5000m athletics events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 31 August to 7 September. A total of three events were contested over this distance for three different classifications. [1]

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Schedule

RRound 1½SemifinalsFFinal
Event↓/Date →Fri 31Sat 1Sun 2Mon 3Tue 4Wed 5Thr 6Fri 7
T11 5000mRF
T12 5000mRF
T54 5000mR½F

Results

T11

The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.

Top five finishers:

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Cristian Valenzuela
Guide: Cristopher Guajardo
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 15:26.26PB
Silver medal icon.svg Jason Joseph Dunkerley
Guide: Josh Karanja
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15:34.07PB
Bronze medal icon.svg Shinya Wada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 15:55.26RR
4 Francis Thuo Karanja
Guide: James Kuria Karanja
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 15:56.67PB
5 Nuno Alves Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 16:06.28SB

T12

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.

Top five finishers:

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg El Amin Chentouf Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 13:53.76WR
Silver medal icon.svg Abderrahim Zhiou Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 14:19.97PB
Bronze medal icon.svg Henry Kirwa Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 14:20.76PB
4 Gustavo Nieves Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 14:22.93RR
5 Tadashi Horikoshi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 14:48.89RR

T54

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.

Final

Top five finishers:

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg David Weir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 11:07.65
Silver medal icon.svg Kurt Fearnley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 11:07.90
Bronze medal icon.svg Julien Casoli Flag of France.svg  France 11:08.07
4 Marcel Hug Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 11:08.16
5 Prawat Wahoram Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 11:08.55

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References

  1. "Athletics - Schedule & Results". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 20 August 2012.