2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 10000 metres

The men's 10000 metres
10000 metres
The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...

at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
The 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with a disability competed, and the Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games....

is held at the QEII Stadium

Queen Elizabeth II Park

Queen Elizabeth II Park is a multi-use stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people. It was built in 1973, to host the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in which a temporary 15000 seat western stand was erected for the event taking capacity to 35000...

from 22-23 January

Medalists

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
T54	Marcel Hug Marcel Hug Marcel Hug is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events.Marcel competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics as part of the Swiss relay teams in the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams as wellas the 400m and 5000m but it was in the 800m and 1500m where he...	Kota Hokinoue	Prawat Wahoram Prawat Wahoram Prawat Wahoram is a Thai athlete and multiple Paralympic gold medallist.Competing in wheelchair athletics, Wahoram has represented Thailand at the Paralympic Games on three occasions. He won his first medals, two gold, at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, winning the 5000 m and...

T54

The Men's 10000 metres, T54 was held on January 22

T54 = normal upper limb function, partial to normal trunk function. May have significant function of the lower limbs.

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marcel Hug Marcel Hug Marcel Hug is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events.Marcel competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics as part of the Swiss relay teams in the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams as wellas the 400m and 5000m but it was in the 800m and 1500m where he...		22:16.83
	Kota Hokinoue		22:17.20
	Prawat Wahoram Prawat Wahoram Prawat Wahoram is a Thai athlete and multiple Paralympic gold medallist.Competing in wheelchair athletics, Wahoram has represented Thailand at the Paralympic Games on three occasions. He won his first medals, two gold, at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, winning the 5000 m and...		22:17.30
	Josh Cassidy Josh Cassidy Josh Cassidy is a Canadian athlete from Oakville, Ontario, and winner of the men's wheelchair event at the 2010 London Marathon.Cassidy completed the course with a time of 1 hour, 35 minutes and 21 seconds. Cassidy, born in Ottawa and aged 25 as of April 2010, studied design at...		22:18.21
	Martin Velasco Soria		23:51.67
	Aaron Gordian Martinez		DNF
	Denis Lemeunier Denis Lemeunier Denis Lemeunier is a French wheelchair racer. He is best known for defeating defending champion Kevin Papworth in the 2001 London Marathon wheelchair race, a feat given that his wheelchair, which normally would take a year to break in, was only 5 weeks old...		DNF

Splits

Intermediate	Athlete	Mark
1000m	Prawat Wahoram Prawat Wahoram Prawat Wahoram is a Thai athlete and multiple Paralympic gold medallist.Competing in wheelchair athletics, Wahoram has represented Thailand at the Paralympic Games on three occasions. He won his first medals, two gold, at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, winning the 5000 m and...	2:12.08
2000m	Marcel Hug Marcel Hug Marcel Hug is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events.Marcel competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics as part of the Swiss relay teams in the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams as wellas the 400m and 5000m but it was in the 800m and 1500m where he...	4:19.99
3000m	Kota Hokinoue	6:34.27
4000m	Prawat Wahoram Prawat Wahoram Prawat Wahoram is a Thai athlete and multiple Paralympic gold medallist.Competing in wheelchair athletics, Wahoram has represented Thailand at the Paralympic Games on three occasions. He won his first medals, two gold, at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, winning the 5000 m and...	8:50.11
5000m	Josh Cassidy Josh Cassidy Josh Cassidy is a Canadian athlete from Oakville, Ontario, and winner of the men's wheelchair event at the 2010 London Marathon.Cassidy completed the course with a time of 1 hour, 35 minutes and 21 seconds. Cassidy, born in Ottawa and aged 25 as of April 2010, studied design at...	11:01.66
6000m	Marcel Hug Marcel Hug Marcel Hug is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events.Marcel competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics as part of the Swiss relay teams in the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams as wellas the 400m and 5000m but it was in the 800m and 1500m where he...	13:16.30
7000m	Marcel Hug Marcel Hug Marcel Hug is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events.Marcel competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics as part of the Swiss relay teams in the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams as wellas the 400m and 5000m but it was in the 800m and 1500m where he...	15:29.34
8000m	Josh Cassidy Josh Cassidy Josh Cassidy is a Canadian athlete from Oakville, Ontario, and winner of the men's wheelchair event at the 2010 London Marathon.Cassidy completed the course with a time of 1 hour, 35 minutes and 21 seconds. Cassidy, born in Ottawa and aged 25 as of April 2010, studied design at...	17:42.96
9000m	Marcel Hug Marcel Hug Marcel Hug is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events.Marcel competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics as part of the Swiss relay teams in the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams as wellas the 400m and 5000m but it was in the 800m and 1500m where he...	19:58.88

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