Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres T13
Appearance
Men's 5000 metres T13 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 28 August 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 8 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 14:34.13 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's 5000 metres T13 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place on 28 August 2021.
The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
World Record | Youssef Benibrahim (MAR) | 14:20.69 | London, United Kingdom | 16 July 2017 |
Paralympic Record | Bilel Aloui (TUN) | 14:33.33 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 15 September 2016 |
Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
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Africa | 14:20.69 WR | Youssef Benibrahim | Morocco |
America | 14:23.24 | Guillaume Ouellet | Canada |
Asia | 15:44.29 | Toshiharu Takai | Japan |
Europe | 14:42.12 | Yassine Ouhdadi El Ataby | Spain |
Oceania | 15:31.61 | Tim Prendergast | New Zealand |
Results
[edit]Final
[edit]The final took place on 28 August, at 9:40:[2]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Class | Time | Notes |
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Yassine Ouhdadi El Ataby | Spain | T13 | 14:34.13 | AR | |
Jaryd Clifford | Australia | T12 | 14:35.52 | AR | |
Aleksandr Kostin Iurii Kloptcov (Guide) |
RPC | T12 | 14:37.42 | PB | |
4 | David Devine | Great Britain | T12 | 14:38.00 | SB |
5 | Guillaume Ouellet | Canada | T13 | 14:47.47 | |
6 | Wajdi Boukhili | Tunisia | T12 | 16:00.15 | |
DNF | El Amin Chentouf | Morocco | T12 | ||
DNS | Hatem Nasrallah | Tunisia | T12 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.