1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

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These are the official results of the Men's 5000 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 45 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on 1 September 1991.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Kenya.svg Yobes Ondieki
Kenya (KEN)
Silver Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg Fita Bayisa
Ethiopia (ETH)
Bronze Flag of Morocco.svg Brahim Boutayeb
Morocco (MAR)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World RecordFlag of Morocco.svg  Saïd Aouita  (MAR)12:58.39 Rome, Italy 27 July 1987
Championship RecordFlag of Kenya.svg  John Ngugi  (KEN)13:22.68 Rome, Italy 4 September 1987

Final

At first, Italy's Stefano Mei led this final, but after 300 metres, Bob Kennedy of the United States passed him. Despite Kennedy's slight surge, the first 400-metre split was sluggish at 1:07.02. Kenya's Yobes Ondieki passed Kennedy on the second home straight, and accelerated the pace radically. Quickly Morocco's Khalid Skah and Brahim Boutayeb, Ethiopia's Fita Bayisa, Germany's Dieter Baumann, and Portugal's Domingos Castro positioned themselves behind the surging Kenyan runner. To demonstrate the categorical reverse of the early pedestrian pace, Ondieki clocked 2:06.90 at 800 metres. In other words, the final's second lap had been sprinted in 59.88 seconds! Ondieki kept his speed throttle up through 1,000 metres in 2:36.83. His surge caused the United States' Doug Padilla to lose contact with the other runners already before 1,200 metres. Two laps later, Ondieki was about three seconds ahead of Boutayeb and Bayisa, with an unofficial split of 5:09.48 at 2,000 metres. Baumann and Domingos Castro formed the second chasing pair, after Skah had dropped from their pace. Further behind, Dionisio Castro of Portugal (Domingos's twin brother) and Britain's Gary Staines were fighting for seventh place. Despite slowing down slightly in the third kilometre, Ondieki widened his lead as he speeded past 3,000 metres in 7:46.08. During the fourth kilometre, the Kenyan's brutal early pace started to take its toll on his legs, but neither Bayisa nor Boutayeb was able to appreciably close in on him. By contrast, Finland's Risto Ulmala broke away from the rear group, and caught Skah and Dionisio Castro. Slightly behind this trio ran Britain's Rob Denmark, who also passed his badly exhausted team mate Staines. Before 3,800 metres, Bayisa speeded away from Boutayeb. At 4,000 metres, the gradually tiring Ondieki led in 10:29.07. After 4,250 metres, the Kenyan lapped Padilla. Ondieki's unofficial time at 4,600 metres was 12:09.07. At the start of the last lap, Bayisa was still over six seconds behind the Kenyan. By 4,800 metres (Ondieki's split was 12:41.90), the Ethiopian had only been able to narrow the gap to about five seconds. Although he sprinted the home straight visibly faster than the fading Ondieki, Bayisa still lost to the Kenyan World Champion by over two seconds. Boutayeb held on to the bronze medal, while Baumann sprinted narrowly past Domingos Castro, and Skah pulled away from Ulmala and Dionisio Castro. (See the following YouTube video about this final race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJNXxbX8X4w 3705 World Track & Field 1991 5000m Men (the user: Basil Sage).)

RankFinalTime
Med 1.png Flag of Kenya.svg  Yobes Ondieki  (KEN)13:14.45CR
Med 2.png Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Fita Bayisa  (ETH)13:16.64
Med 3.png Flag of Morocco.svg  Brahim Boutayeb  (MAR)13:22.70
4.Flag of Germany.svg  Dieter Baumann  (GER)13:28.67
5.Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Domingos Castro  (POR)13:28.88
6.Flag of Morocco.svg  Khalid Skah  (MAR)13:32.90
7.Flag of Finland.svg  Risto Ulmala  (FIN)13:33.46
8.Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Dionisio Castro  (POR)13:35.39
9.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Robert Denmark  (GBR)13:36.24
10.Flag of Kenya.svg  Ibrahim Kinuthia  (KEN)13:38.96
11.Flag of Spain.svg  Abel Antón  (ESP)13:39.00
12.Flag of the United States.svg  Bob Kennedy  (USA)13:54.47
13.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Gary Staines  (GBR)13:58.26
14.Flag of the United States.svg  Doug Padilla  (USA)14:36.18
Flag of Italy.svg  Stefano Mei  (ITA)DNF

Qualifying heats

RankHeat 1Time
1.Flag of Kenya.svg  Ibrahim Kinuthia  (KEN)13:57.65
2.Flag of Morocco.svg  Khalid Skah  (MAR)13:58.45
3.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Gary Staines  (GBR)13:58.68
4.Flag of the United States.svg  Doug Padilla  (USA)13:58.83
5.Flag of Tanzania.svg  Andrew Sambu  (TAN)13:59.01
6.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marti ten Kate  (NED)13:59.51
7.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mikhail Dasko  (URS)13:59.71
8.Flag of Spain.svg  Antonio Serrano  (ESP)13:59.75
9.Flag of Turkey.svg  Zeki Öztürk  (TUR)14:06.20
10.Flag of Sweden.svg  Jonny Danielsson  (SWE)14:07.03
11.Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Valdenor dos Santos  (BRA)14:35.00
12.Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1945-1992).svg  Tsuluunbaatar Ariunsaikhan  (MGL)15:26.62
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mauricio González  (MEX)DNF
Flag of Haiti.svg  Dieudonne Lamothe  (HAI)DNF
Flag of Fiji.svg  Prakash Davendra Singh  (FIJ)DNS


RankHeat 2Time
1.Flag of Morocco.svg  Brahim Boutayeb  (MAR)13:53.75
2.Flag of Germany.svg  Dieter Baumann  (GER)13:54.07
3.Flag of Italy.svg  Stefano Mei  (ITA)13:54.35
4.Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Dionisio Castro  (POR)13:54.39
5.Flag of Kenya.svg  Ondoro Osoro  (KEN)13:54.41
6.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ian Hamer  (GBR)13:54.49
7.Flag of Poland.svg  Sławomir Majusiak  (POL)13:57.98
8.Flag of the United States.svg  Reuben Reina  (USA)13:59.19
9.Flag of Spain.svg  Martín Fiz  (ESP)13:59.52
10.Flag of Norway.svg  John Halvorsen  (NOR)14:14.85
11.Flag of Japan.svg  Katsuhito Kumagai  (JPN)14:20.84
12.Flag of Malta.svg  Gerard de Gaetano  (MLT)15:31.08
Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Addis Abebe  (ETH)DNS
Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Daouda Kassougue  (MTN)DNS
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Lucas Eningo Elonga  (GEQ)DNS


RankHeat 3Time
1.Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Fita Bayissa  (ETH)13:41.59
2.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Robert Denmark  (GBR)13:46.25
3.Flag of Kenya.svg  Yobes Ondieki  (KEN)13:47.05
4.Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Domingos Castro  (POR)13:47.61
5.Flag of Finland.svg  Risto Ulmala  (FIN)13:48.86
6.Flag of the United States.svg  Bob Kennedy  (USA)13:53.56
7.Flag of Spain.svg  Abel Antón  (ESP)13:53.60
8.Flag of Morocco.svg  Mohamed Issangar  (MAR)13:55.49
9.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Andrew Lloyd  (AUS)13:59.71
10.Flag of Ireland.svg  Frank O'Mara  (IRL)14:03.19
11.Flag of New Zealand.svg  Kerry Rodger  (NZL)14:03.81
12.Flag of Algeria.svg  Yahia Azaidj  (ALG)14:43.49
13.Flag of Niger.svg  Souley Oumarou  (NIG)14:52.89
14.Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Obva Elengha  (CGO)15:37.13
15.Flag of Lebanon.svg  Abi Tayeh Charbi  (LIB)16:13.21

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