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

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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
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1st Kenenisa Bekele 23x15px Ethiopia
2nd Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya
3rd Edwin Cheruiyot Soi  Kenya
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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 and Olympic records were as follows:

World record Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
Olympic record  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 13:05.59 Los Angeles, USA 11 August 1984

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time OR WR
23 August Final Kenenisa Bekele 23x15px Ethiopia 12:57.82 OR

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 Sort both.gif icon next to the column title.

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes[3]
1 Matthew Tegenkamp  United States 13:37.36 Q
2 Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya 13:37.50 Q
3 Tariku Bekele 23x15px Ethiopia 13:37.63 Q
4 Kidane Tadasse  Eritrea 13:37.72 Q
5 Alemayehu Bezabeh  Spain 13:37.88 q
6 Alistair Ian Cragg  Ireland 13:38.57 q
7 Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico 13:42.39 q
8 Anis Selmouni  Morocco 13:43.70
9 Aadam Ismaeel Khamis  Bahrain 13:44.76
10 Collis Birmingham  Australia 13:44.90
11 Geofrey Kusuro  Uganda 13:50.50
12 Sultan Khamis Zaman  Qatar 13:53.38
13 Takayuki Matsumiya  Japan 14:20.24
14 Soe Min Thu  Myanmar 15:50.56

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi  Kenya 13:46.41 Q
2 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  Uganda 13:46.58 Q
3 Abreham Cherkos 23x15px Ethiopia 13:47.60 Q
4 Jesús España  Spain 13:48.88 Q
5 Ali Abdalla  Eritrea 13:49.68
6 Mo Farah  Great Britain 13:50.95
7 Adrian Blincoe  New Zealand 13:55.27
8 Mourad Marofit  Morocco 14:00.76
9 Ian Dobson  United States 14:05.47
10 Tonny Wamulwa  Zambia 14:06.96
11 Kevin Sullivan  Canada 14:09.16
12 Ali Saïdi-Sief  Algeria 14:15.00
13 Nader Almassri  Palestine 14:41.10
Rashid Ramzi  Bahrain DNS

Heat 3

File:2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000m Round 1 - Heat 3.jpg
2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000m Round 1 - Heat 3
Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Bernard Lagat  United States 13:39.70 Q
2 James Kwalia C'Kurui  Qatar 13:39.96 Q
3 Kenenisa Bekele 23x15px Ethiopia 13:40.13 Q
4 Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa  Kenya 13:41.30 Q
5 Craig Mottram  Australia 13:44.39
6 Moukheld Al-Outaibi  Saudi Arabia 13:47.00
7 Kensuke Takezawa  Japan 13:49.42 SB
8 Monder Rizki  Belgium 13:54.41
9 Alberto García  Spain 13:58.20
10 Philippe Bandi  Switzerland 13:59.68
11 Abdelaziz Ennaji El Idrissi  Morocco 14:05.30
12 Abdinasir Said Ibrahim  Somalia 14:21.58
Selim Bayrak  Turkey DNS
Hasan Mahboob  Bahrain DNS
David Galván  Mexico DNS

Final

23 August 2008 - 20:10

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes[4]
1st Kenenisa Bekele 23x15px Ethiopia 12:57.82 OR
2nd Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya 13:02.80
3rd Edwin Cheruiyot Soi  Kenya 13:06.22 SB
4 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  Uganda 13:10.56
5 Abreham Cherkos 23x15px Ethiopia 13:16.46
6 Tariku Bekele 23x15px Ethiopia 13:19.06
7 Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico 13:19.79 SB
8 James Kwalia C'Kurui  Qatar 13:23.48
9 Bernard Lagat  United States 13:26.89
10 Kidane Tadasse  Eritrea 13:28.40
11 Alemayehu Bezabeh  Spain 13:30.48
12 Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa  Kenya 13:31.34
13 Matthew Tegenkamp  United States 13:33.13
14 Jesús España  Spain 13:55.94
Alistair Cragg  Ireland DNF

Splits

Intermediate Athlete Country Mark
1000m Tariku Bekele  Ethiopia 2:45.49
2000m Tariku Bekele  Ethiopia 5:22.29
3000m Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 8:00.85
4000m Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 10:32.52

References

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  4. ↑ http://wikirun.com/5000M_men#Finals Retrieved 2008-08-23.
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