Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates August 20 (heats)
August 23 (final)
Competitors 43 from 25 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Edwin Cheruiyot Soi  Kenya

The Men's 5000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 20 and 23 August at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]

The qualifying standards were 13:21.50 (A standard) and 13:28.00 (B standard).[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record was:

World record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004

Results

Heat 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the Final.

To sort this table by heat, athlete, or any other column, click on the icon next to the column title.

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes[3]
1Matthew Tegenkamp United States13:37.36Q
2Eliud Kipchoge Kenya13:37.50Q
3Tariku Bekele Ethiopia13:37.63Q
4Kidane Tadasse Eritrea13:37.72Q
5Alemayehu Bezabeh Spain13:37.88q
6Alistair Ian Cragg Ireland13:38.57q
7Juan Luis Barrios Mexico13:42.39q
8Anis Selmouni Morocco13:43.70
9Aadam Ismaeel Khamis Bahrain13:44.76
10Collis Birmingham Australia13:44.90
11Geofrey Kusuro Uganda13:50.50
12Sultan Khamis Zaman Qatar13:53.38
13Takayuki Matsumiya Japan14:20.24
14Soe Min Thu Myanmar15:50.56

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1Edwin Cheruiyot Soi Kenya13:46.41Q
2Moses Ndiema Kipsiro Uganda13:46.58Q
3Abreham Cherkos Ethiopia13:47.60Q
4Jesús España Spain13:48.88Q
5Ali Abdalla Eritrea13:49.68
6Mo Farah Great Britain13:50.95
7Adrian Blincoe New Zealand13:55.27
8Mourad Marofit Morocco14:00.76
9Ian Dobson United States14:05.47
10Tonny Wamulwa Zambia14:06.96
11Kevin Sullivan Canada14:09.16
12Ali Saïdi-Sief Algeria14:15.00
13Nader Almassri Palestine14:41.10
Rashid Ramzi BahrainDNS

Heat 3

2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000m Round 1 - Heat 3
RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1Bernard Lagat United States13:39.70Q
2James Kwalia C'Kurui Qatar13:39.96Q
3Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia13:40.13Q
4Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa Kenya13:41.30Q
5Craig Mottram Australia13:44.39
6Moukheld Al-Outaibi Saudi Arabia13:47.00
7Kensuke Takezawa Japan13:49.42SB
8Monder Rizki Belgium13:54.41
9Alberto García Spain13:58.20
10Philippe Bandi Switzerland13:59.68
11Abdelaziz Ennaji El Idrissi Morocco14:05.30
12Abdinasir Said Ibrahim Somalia14:21.58
Selim Bayrak TurkeyDNS
Hasan Mahboob BahrainDNS
David Galván MexicoDNS

Final

23 August 2008 - 20:10

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes[4]
1st, gold medalist(s)Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia12:57.82OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)Eliud Kipchoge Kenya13:02.80
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Edwin Cheruiyot Soi Kenya13:06.22SB
4Moses Ndiema Kipsiro Uganda13:10.56
5Abreham Cherkos Ethiopia13:16.46
6Tariku Bekele Ethiopia13:19.06
7Juan Luis Barrios Mexico13:19.79SB
8James Kwalia C'Kurui Qatar13:23.48
9Bernard Lagat United States13:26.89
10Kidane Tadasse Eritrea13:28.40
11Alemayehu Bezabeh Spain13:30.48
12Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa Kenya13:31.34
13Matthew Tegenkamp United States13:33.13
14Jesús España Spain13:55.94
Alistair Cragg IrelandDNF

Splits

IntermediateAthleteCountryMark
1000mTariku Bekele Ethiopia2:45.49
2000mTariku Bekele Ethiopia5:22.29
3000mKenenisa Bekele Ethiopia8:00.85
4000mKenenisa Bekele Ethiopia10:32.52

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. ↑ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  3. ↑ "5000 Metres - M Heats". IAAF. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
  4. ↑ http://wikirun.com/5000M_men#Finals Retrieved 2008-08-23.


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