Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5,000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 25 and 28.[1]

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAthens Olympic Stadium
Dates25–28 August
Competitors36 from 22 nations
Winning time13:14.39
Medalists
Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco
Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia
Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya

The final witnessed an epic clash between two track greats from different generations: in his final competitive international race, 1500m champion and track legend Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco and 10,000 meter Olympic champion, world record holder at the distance and rising star 21-year-old Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia. The race had a preview at the World Championships a year earlier. There the medalists were barely separated, but the young World Junior record holder Eliud Kipchoge upset the stars by taking gold after El Guerrouj had tried to break away on the final lap.

Here Bekele took an early lead, but instead chose not to push the pace. That duty fell onto Kipchoge, who had watched from behind the year before. Here, El Guerrouj spent most of the race watching from several places behind the lead. As the last lap began, El Guerrouj moved toward the front. Bekele challenged Kipchoge with 200 metres to go. It was a shoulder to shoulder all out sprint battle as Kipchoge refused to let Bekele by, but he couldn't hold him off. Bekele broke out at a lead of several metres. El Guerrouj first ran down Kipchoge, then overhauled the Ethiopian in the final strides to win by just two tenths of a second. With this, El Guerrouj set a historic milestone as the first ever athlete to strike a distance double (1500–5000) since Paavo Nurmi did so in 1924, denying Bekele a chance to do the Olympic 5000 and 10000 m double – which he would ultimately win four years later in Beijing.[2][3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)12:37.35Hengelo, Netherlands31 May 2004
Olympic record Saïd Aouita (MAR)13:05.59Los Angeles, United States11 August 1984

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 5000 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 13:21.50 or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 13:25.40 or faster could be entered.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 25 August 200419:50Round 1
Saturday, 28 August 200421:05Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: The first five finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next five fastest overall runners (q) advanced to the final.[4]

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia13:21.16Q
2Gebregziabher Gebremariam Ethiopia13:21.20Q
3Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco13:21.87Q
4Craig Mottram Australia13:21.88Q
5Abraham Chebii Kenya13:22.30Q
6Hicham Bellani Morocco13:22.64q
7Alistair Ian Cragg Ireland13:23.01q
8Samir Moussaoui Algeria13:24.98q
9Sultan Khamis Zaman Qatar13:26.52
10John Mayock Great Britain13:26.81
11Günther Weidlinger Austria13:29.32
12Christian Belz Switzerland13:29.59
13Alejandro Suárez Mexico13:35.32
14Jonathon Riley United States13:38.79
15Mohammed Abdelhak Zakaria Bahrain13:42.04
16Monder Rizki Belgium14:03.58
17Serhiy Lebid Ukraine14:10.23
Carlos García SpainDNF

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1Ali Saidi Sief Algeria13:18.94Q
2Eliud Kipchoge Kenya13:19.01Q
3Dejene Berhanu Ethiopia13:19.42Q
4John Kibowen Kenya13:19.65Q
5Abderrahim Goumri Morocco13:20.03Q
6Tim Broe United States13:20.29q
7Zersenay Tadese Eritrea13:22.17q
8Samson Kiflemariam Eritrea13:26.97
9Roberto García Spain13:27.71
10Khoudir Aggoune Algeria13:29.37
11Fabiano Joseph Naasi Tanzania13:31.89
12Marius Bakken Norway13:36.38
13Freddy González Venezuela13:42.44
14Tom Compernolle Belgium13:43.44
15Mark Carroll Ireland13:46.81
16Carles Castillejo Spain13:49.16
17Michael Aish New Zealand13:50.00
18Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari Nepal14:04.89NR

Final

[5]

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco13:14.39
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia13:14.59
Eliud Kipchoge Kenya13:15.10
4Gebregziabher Gebremariam Ethiopia13:15.35
5Dejene Berhanu Ethiopia13:16.92
6John Kibowen Kenya13:18.24
7Zersenay Tadese Eritrea13:24.31
8Craig Mottram Australia13:25.70
9Hicham Bellani Morocco13:31.81
10Ali Saidi Sief Algeria13:32.57
11Tim Broe United States13:33.06
12Alistair Ian Cragg Ireland13:43.06
13Abderrahim Goumri Morocco13:47.27
14Samir Moussaoui Algeria14:02.01
Abraham Chebii KenyaDNF

References

  1. "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. "El Guerrouj wins historic gold". BBC Sport. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  3. Patrick, Dick (28 August 2004). "Second gold secures legacy for El Guerrouj". USA Today. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  4. "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 5000m Heats". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  5. "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 5000m Final". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
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