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

The Men's 5000m athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 27 to August 28, 2021. A total of 3 events were contested over this distance.

## Schedule

| R | Round 1 | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Date | Fri 27 | Fri 27 | Sat 28 | Sat 28 |
| Event | M | E | M | E |
| T11 5000m | F | | | |
| T13 5000m | | | F | |
| T54 5000m | | R | | F |

## Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 5000 metres events.
| Classification | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| T11 details | Yeltsin Jacques Brazil | 15:13.62 AR | Kenya Karasawa Japan | 15:18.12 | Shinya Wada Japan | 15:21.03 |
| T13 details | Yassine Ouhdadi El Ataby Spain | 14:34.13 AR | Jaryd Clifford Australia | 14:35.52 AR | Aleksandr Kostin RPC | 14:37.42 PB |
| T54 details | Marcel Hug Switzerland | 10:29.90 | Brent Lakatos Canada | 10:30.19 | Putharet Khongrak Thailand | 10:30.37 |

## Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 5000 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page.

### 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.
The final in this classification took place on 27 August 2021, at 9:35:
| 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 | Fedor Rudakovo | RPC | 15:48.53 | |
| 7 | Darwin Castro | Ecuador | 15:49.60 | SB |
| 8 | Júlio César Agripino | Brazil | 16:26.31 | |
| 9 | Cristian Valenzuela | Chile | 17:15.14 | |
| 10 | Wilson Bii | Kenya | 17:31.73 | |

### T13

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.
The final in this classification took place on 28 August 2021, at 9:40:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Yassine Ouhdadi El Ataby | Spain | 14:34.13 | AR |
| | Jaryd Clifford | Australia | 14:35.52 | AR |
| | Aleksandr Kostin | RPC | 14:37.42 | PB |
| 4 | David Devine | Great Britain | 14:38.00 | SB |
| 5 | Guillaume Ouellet | Canada | 14:47.47 | |
| 6 | Wajdi Boukhili | Tunisia | 16:00.15 | |
| DNF | El Amin Chentouf | Morocco | | |
| DNS | Hatem Nasrallah | Tunisia | | |

### 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.
The final in this classification took place on 28 August 2021, at 20:24:
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 10:29.90 |
| | Brent Lakatos | Canada | 10:30.19 |
| | Putharet Khongrak | Thailand | 10:30.37 |
| 4 | Daniel Romanchuk | United States | 10:30.50 |
| 5 | Alexey Bychenok | RPC | 10:30.59 |
| 6 | Prawat Wahoram | Thailand | 10:30.59 |
| 7 | Zhang Yong | China | 10:30.82 |
| 8 | Masayuki Higuchi | Japan | 10:31.28 |
| 9 | Dai Yunqiang | China | 10:33.25 |
| | Julien Casoli | France | DNF |