2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the 2015 World Championships
10000 m men final Beijing 2015.jpg
Victorious Mo Farah
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates22 August
Competitors27 from 14 nations
Winning time27:01.13
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
  2013
2017  

The men's 10,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 August. [1] [2]

Contents

Summary

While Ethiopians Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele and on the women's side Tirunesh Dibaba had all done it before, Mo Farah had the opportunity to be the first non-Ethiopian runner to defend a world 10,000 metres championship. The Kenyan triumvirate of Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor, Paul Kipngetich Tanui and Bedan Karoki Muchiri took the race out, multiple 64 second laps breaking the race apart to the point that there were only two remaining stragglers, Farah and his American training partner Galen Rupp. Farah, Rupp and Tanui were all returning from top 5 finishes two years earlier. As the pace dropped, Farah briefly showed his intent to win with 3200, 1500 and 1200 to go, but each time Farah poked into the lead the Kenyan team quickly scrambled to retake the lead. Then with 500 metres to go to the finish, Farah boldly launched his long assault for the finish. [3] In championship races, long sprints to the finish usually lead to defeat as the more sprint inclined racers are able to run down the breakaway near the finish, but Farah held the lead as the three, then two Kenyan rivals jockeyed for position to catch him. In the final turn as he was maneuvering through traffic, Kipsang got close enough to clip Farah's heels, with Farah stumbling and almost falling. [4] Farah stayed on his feet with Kipsang close behind, then Tanui managed to pull even with Kipsang through the final turn. Coming into the final straight, World Cross Country champion Kipsang looked like he would be able to swing around Farah to victory, but a determined Farah instead accelerated pulling away to a clear win, celebrating as he crossed the finish line. Farah's final lap time was 54.15. For the second time in a row, Tanui found himself in bronze medal position. [5]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [6]

World record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)26:17.53 Brussels, Belgium26 August 2005
Championship record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)26:46.31 Berlin, Germany17 August 2009
World LeadingFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mo Farah  (GBR)26:50.97 Eugene, OR, United States29 May 2015
African Record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)26:17.53Brussels, Belgium26 August 2005
Asian Record Flag of Qatar.svg  Ahmad Hassan Abdullah  (QAT)26:38.76Brussels, Belgium5 September 2003
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Galen Rupp  (USA)26:44.36Eugene, OR, United States30 May 2014
South American Record Flag of Brazil.svg  Marilson dos Santos  (BRA)27:28.12 Neerpelt, Belgium2 June 2007
European Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mo Farah  (GBR)26:46.57Eugene, OR, United States3 June 2011
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Ben St Lawrence  (AUS)27:24.95 Palo Alto, CA, United States1 May 2011

Qualification standards

Entry standards [7]
27:45.00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
22 August 201520:50 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

The race was started at 20:50. [8]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Mo Farah Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)27:01.13
Silver medal icon.svg Geoffrey Kipsang Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)27:01.76
Bronze medal icon.svg Paul Tanui Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)27:02.83
4 Bedan Karoki Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)27:04.77 SB
5 Galen Rupp Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)27:08.91 SB
6 Abrar Osman Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea  (ERI)27:43.21
7 Ali Kaya Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)27:43.69
8 Timothy Toroitich Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)27:44.90
9 Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)27:48.89
10 Muktar Edris Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)27:54.47
11 Mosinet Geremew Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)28:07.50
12 El Hassan El-Abbassi Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)28:12.57
13 Nguse Tesfaldet Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea  (ERI)28:14.72
14 Cameron Levins Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)28:15.19
15 Hassan Mead Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)28:16.30
16 Shadrack Kipchirchir Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)28:16.30 SB
17 Arne Gabius Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)28:24.47
18 Tetsuya Yoroizaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)28:25.77
19 Teklemariam Medhin Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea  (ERI)28:39.26 SB
20 Stephen Mokoka Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)28:47.40
21 Aweke Ayalew Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)29:14.55 PB
22 Kenta Murayama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)29:50.22
23 Yuta Shitara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)30:08.35
Bashir Abdi Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)DNF
Ismail Juma Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania  (TAN)DNF
Imane Merga Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)DNF
Moses Kibet Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)DNF

References

  1. "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. Start list
  3. "World Athletics Championships: Beijing 2015 – as it happened". Guardian. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. "REPORT: MEN'S 10,000M – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. "Mo Farah wins 10,000m World Championships gold". BBC Sport. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  6. "Records & Lists – 5000 meters". IAAF . Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  7. IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  8. Final results