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]
Schedule
R | Round 1 | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
Event↓/Date → | Fri 31 | Sat 1 | Sun 2 | Mon 3 | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Thr 6 | Fri 7 | ||||||||
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T11 5000m | R | F | ||||||||||||||
T12 5000m | R | F | ||||||||||||||
T54 5000m | R | ½ | F |
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:
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Cristian Valenzuela Guide: Cristopher Guajardo | ![]() | 15:26.26 | PB |
![]() | Jason Joseph Dunkerley Guide: Josh Karanja | ![]() | 15:34.07 | PB |
![]() | Shinya Wada | ![]() | 15:55.26 | RR |
4 | Francis Thuo Karanja Guide: James Kuria Karanja | ![]() | 15:56.67 | PB |
5 | Nuno Alves | ![]() | 16:06.28 | SB |
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:
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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![]() | El Amin Chentouf | ![]() | 13:53.76 | WR |
![]() | Abderrahim Zhiou | ![]() | 14:19.97 | PB |
![]() | Henry Kirwa | ![]() | 14:20.76 | PB |
4 | Gustavo Nieves | ![]() | 14:22.93 | RR |
5 | Tadashi Horikoshi | ![]() | 14:48.89 | RR |
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:
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 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 |
References
- ^ "Athletics - Schedule & Results". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.