Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres T13

Men's 5000 metres T13
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates28 August 2021
Competitors8 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yassine Ouhdadi El Ataby  Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jaryd Clifford  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aleksandr Kostin  RPC
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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

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
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

Final

The final took place on 28 August, at 9:40:[2]

Rank Name Nationality Class Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yassine Ouhdadi El Ataby  Spain T13 14:34.13 AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jaryd Clifford  Australia T12 14:35.52 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.