Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Farah (right) leading in the closing moments of the race, leading Gebremeskel, Gebrhiwet, Alamirew, and Koech.
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date 8–11 August
Competitors 43 from 26 nations
Winning time 13:41.66
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Mo Farah  Great Britain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Dejen Gebremeskel  Ethiopia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Thomas Pkemei
Longosiwa		  Kenya
Official Video

The Men's 5000 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8–11 August.[1]

The final race started out slowly, the first lap in 74.1 and only that fast because Hayle Ibrahimov accelerated the last 100. The field continued running splits in the 70s, Lopez Lomong leading through 2000 in a pedestrian 5:56.7. In the seventh lap Yenew Alamirew moved to the front and accelerated the pace, the next several laps down below 62, Mo Farah the only one to break up the Ethiopian team at the front. With 700 to go, Farah took the lead, his training partner Galen Rupp joining him with 500 to go, as the rest of the field jostling to be in position to sprint. First Hagos Gebrhiwet challenged, then disappeared. Down the backstretch, Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa challenged, with Abdalaati Iguider immediately behind. Dejen Gebremeskel, Bernard Lagat and Isiah Kiplangat Koech packing up around the final turn. At the head of the stretch, Koech contacted Lagat as he was just coming clear to sprint, Lagat stumbling. Meanwhile, Farah was accelerating ahead of Longosiwa, who couldn't handle the speed. Gebremeskel went around the outside with Lagat's delayed sprint unable to catch Longosiwa. The winning time was more than 15 seconds slower than the slowest time in qualifying.

Competition format

The Men's 5000m competition consisted of heats (Round 1) and a Final.[2] A total of fifteen competitors qualified for the Final from the heats.[3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
Olympic record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:57.82 Beijing, China 23 August 2008
2012 World leading  Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH) 12:46.81 Paris (Saint-Denis), France 6 July 2012

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 8 August 201210:45Round 1
Saturday, 11 August 201219:30Finals

Results

Official Video of Round 1

Round 1

Qual. rule: first 5 of each heat (Q) plus the 5 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Hayle Ibrahimov Azerbaijan13:25.23Q
2Isiah Kiplangat Koech Kenya13:25.64Q
3Mo Farah Great Britain13:26.00Q
4Lopez Lomong United States13:26.16Q
5Hagos Gebrhiwet Ethiopia13:26.16Q
6Edwin Cheruiyot Soi Kenya13:27.06
7Arne Gabius Germany13:28.01
8Daniele Meucci Italy13:28.71
9Moukheld Al-Outaibi Saudi Arabia13:31.47
10Bilisuma Shugi Bahrain13:31.84
11Yuki Sato Japan13:38.22
12David McNeill Australia13:45.88
13Olivier Irabaruta Burundi13:46.25
14Aziz Lahbabi Morocco13:47.57
15Amanuel Mesel Eritrea13:48.13SB
16Collis Birmingham Australia13:50.39
17Serhiy Lebid Ukraine13:53.15
18Geofrey Kusuro Uganda13:59.74SB
19Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah Saudi Arabia14:00.43
20Rene Herrera Philippines14:44.11PB
−Teklemariam Medhin EritreaDNS
−Hassan Hirt FranceDQ*
  • Hassan Hirt originally finished 11th in a time of 13:35.36, but was later disqualified after testing positive for EPO.[4]

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Dejen Gebremeskel Ethiopia13:15.15Q
2Yenew Alamirew Ethiopia13:15.39Q
3Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa Kenya13:15.41Q
4Bernard Lagat United States13:15.45Q
5Abdalaati Iguider Morocco13:15.49Q
6Galen Rupp United States13:17.56q
7Moses Ndiema Kipsiro Uganda13:17.68q
8Cameron Levins Canada13:18.29q, PB
9Juan Luis Barrios Mexico13:21.01q
10Mumin Gala Djibouti13:21.21q, SB
11Abrar Osman Adem Eritrea13:24.40
12Nick McCormick Great Britain13:25.70
13Polat Kemboi Arikan Turkey13:27.21
14Rabah Aboud Algeria13:28.38
15Abraham Kiplimo Uganda13:31.57
16Craig Mottram Australia13:40.24
17Alistair Ian Cragg Ireland13:47.01
18Soufiyan Bouqantar Morocco13:47.63
19Javier Carriqueo Argentina13:57.07SB
20Abdullah Abdulaziz Aljoud Saudi Arabia14:11.12
21Ruben Sança Cape Verde14:35.19

Final

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Mo Farah Great Britain13:41.66
2nd, silver medalist(s)Dejen Gebremeskel Ethiopia13:41.98
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa Kenya13:42.36
4Bernard Lagat United States13:42.99
5Isiah Kiplangat Koech Kenya13:43.83
6Abdalaati Iguider Morocco13:44.19
7Galen Rupp United States13:45.04
8Juan Luis Barrios Mexico13:45.30
9Hayle Ibrahimov Azerbaijan13:45.37
10Lopez Lomong United States13:48.19
11Hagos Gebrhiwet Ethiopia13:49.59
12Yenew Alamirew Ethiopia13:49.68
13Mumin Gala Djibouti13:50.26
14Cameron Levins Canada13:51.87
15Moses Ndiema Kipsiro Uganda13:52.25

Notes: Q- Qualified by place
q - Qualified by performance (time)
PB - Personal Best
NR - National Record
SB - Seasonal Best
DQ - DisQualified
DNS - Did Not Start
DNF - Did Not Finish

References

  1. ↑ Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  2. ↑ "Men's 5000m". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "5000m competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "French Olympic runner fails doping test". France 24. France Médias Monde. AFP. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
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