Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres
| Men's 10,000 metres at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 17 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 39 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | women | ||
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The Men's 10,000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]
The race was dominated by the Ethiopian and Kenyan teams along with Tadese of Eritrea. With 200m remaining, Bekele pulled away from the rest of the field with a final lap of 53.42 seconds, winning his second 10,000m Olympic gold medal.
Competition format
The qualifying standards for the 2008 event were 27:50.00 (A standard) and 28:10.00 (B standard).[2]
The Men's 10,000m competition consisted of only one race the Final.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record |  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) |
26:17.53 | Brussels, Belgium | 26 August 2005 |
| Olympic record | 22x20px Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 27:05.10 | Athens, Greece | 20 August 2004 |
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
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| 17 August | Final | Kenenisa Bekele | 23x15px Ethiopia | 27:01.17 | OR |
Results
OR - Olympic Record, NR - National Record, PB - Personal Best, SB - Season Best
Splits
| Intermediate | Athlete | Country | Mark |
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| 1000m | Alejandro Suárez |  Mexico |
2:50.15 |
| 2000m | Kidane Tadese |  Eritrea |
5:27.32 |
| 3000m | Kidane Tadese | Eritrea |
8:09.93 |
| 4000m | Kidane Tadese | Eritrea |
10:59.51 |
| 5000m | Kidane Tadese | Eritrea |
13:48.00 |
| 6000m | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia |
16:33.92 |
| 7000m | Zersenay Tadese | Eritrea |
19:14.71 |
| 8000m | Zersenay Tadese | Eritrea |
21:53.78 |
| 9000m | Micah Kogo |  Kenya |
24:34.07 |
References
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- ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-17-2008/sex=M/discCode=10K/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det Retrieved 2008-08-17.
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