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 Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres T54 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 11 September 2016, at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange.

18:04 9 September 2016:[1] 18:19 9 September 2016:[1] 10:15 11 September 2016:[2]