Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres T11

Men's 5000 metres T11 at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates	27 August 2021 (final)
Competitors	10 from 7 nations
Winning time	15:13.62
Medalists
Yeltsin Jacques   Brazil Kenya Karasawa   Japan Shinya Wada   Japan
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The men's 5000 metres T11 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place on 27 August 2021.

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.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows: ^[1]

World Record	Henry Wanyoike  (KEN)	15:11.07	Athens, Greece	24 September 2004
Paralympic Record	Henry Wanyoike  (KEN)	15:11.07	Athens, Greece	24 September 2004

Area	Time	Athlete	Nation
Africa	15:11.07WR	Henry Wanyoike	Kenya
America	15:16.82	Odair Santos	Brazil
Asia	15:11.79	Shinya Wada	Japan
Europe	15:43.34	Robert Matthews	Great Britain
Oceania	17:29.33	Gerrard Gosens	Australia

Results

The final took place at 09:35. ^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Yeltsin Jacques	Brazil	15:13.62	AR
	Kenya Karasawa	Japan	15:18.12
	Shinya Wada	Japan	15:21.03
4	Rodgers Kiprop	Kenya	15:27.06	PB
5	Rosbil Guillen	Peru	15:35.82	PB
6	Darwin Castro	Ecuador	15:49.60
7	Júlio César Agripino	Brazil	16:26.31	SB
8	Cristian Valenzuela Guide: Matías Andrés Silva	Chile	17:15.14
9	Wilson Bii	Kenya	17:31.73
	Fedor Rudakov Guide: Vladimir Miasnikov	RPC	DQ	WPA 7.9.3

References

1. "Records – World Para Athletics". Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
2. "Athletics – Men's 5000m - T11 – Final – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 27 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.