2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	4 August
Competitors	24 from 14 nations
Winning time	26:49.51 WL
Medalists
Mo Farah    Great Britain   Joshua Cheptegei    Uganda   Paul Tanui    Kenya
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The men's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 4 August. ^{[1] [2]} This was billed to be the final 10,000 metres race of two-time champion Mo Farah. Farah won the race, ahead of Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda with Paul Tanui of Kenya finishing third. The win was Farah's third consecutive World 10,000 metres title, and his fifth consecutive major (Olympic or world) 10,000 metres title.

Summary

Joshua Cheptegei, Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor and Moses Kurong formed an early breakaway, Kurong taking the lead for a few laps before Cheptegei went back to the front, and nine laps into the race, Kamworor, and then Paul Tanui, took the lead. By 6,000 metres, there was a lead group of 14 runners at the front, but this group gradually got smaller. Farah hit the front just before four laps to go. He let Abadi Hadis resume the lead, and at one point Kamworor had his heels caught by Farah as he cut across in front. Just before two laps to go, Farah went back into the lead.

During the penultimate turn, Tanui clipped the back of Farah's heels causing him to briefly lose his stride. Tanui sprinted through the final turn trying to get even with Farah at the head of the final straight. Farah turned to look at him, then accelerated away, already celebrating his win with ten metres remaining. Cheptegei sprinted around Tanui, but could not catch Farah and took second. ^[3]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[4]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	26:17.53	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	26 Aug 2005	Brussels, Belgium
Championship	26:46.31	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	17 Aug 2009	Berlin, Germany
World leading	27:08.26	Abadi Hadis	ETH	11 Jun 2017	Hengelo, Netherlands
African	26:17.53	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	26 Aug 2005	Brussels, Belgium
Asian	26:38.76	Ahmad Hassan Abdullah	QAT	5 Sep 2003	Brussels, Belgium
NACAC	26:44.36	Galen Rupp	USA	30 May 2014	Eugene, United States
South American	27:28.12	Marilson dos Santos	BRA	2 Jun 2007	Neerpelt, Belgium
European	26:46.57	Mo Farah	GBR	3 Jun 2011	Eugene, United States
Oceanian	27:24.95	Ben St Lawrence	AUS	1 May 2011	Palo Alto, United States

The following records were set at the competition: ^[5]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date
World leading	26:49.51	Mo Farah	GBR	4 Aug 2017
Canadian	27:02.35	Mohammed Ahmed	CAN
Bahraini	27:11.08	Abraham Cheroben	BHR

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 27:45.00. ^[6]

Results

The final took place on 4 August at 21:20. The results were as follows (photo finish): ^[7]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mo Farah	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	26:49.51	WL
	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda  (UGA)	26:49.94	PB
	Paul Tanui	Kenya  (KEN)	26:50.60	SB
4	Bedan Karoki Muchiri	Kenya  (KEN)	26:52.12	PB
5	Jemal Yimer	Ethiopia  (ETH)	26:56.11	PB
6	Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor	Kenya  (KEN)	26:57.77	SB
7	Abadi Hadis	Ethiopia  (ETH)	26:59.19	SB
8	Mohammed Ahmed	Canada  (CAN)	27:02.35	NR
9	Shadrack Kipchirchir	United States  (USA)	27:07.55	PB
10	Andamlak Belihu	Ethiopia  (ETH)	27:08.94	PB
11	Aron Kifle	Eritrea  (ERI)	27:09.92	PB
12	Abraham Cheroben	Bahrain  (BHR)	27:11.08	NR
13	Leonard Korir	United States  (USA)	27:20.18	PB
14	Timothy Toroitich	Uganda  (UGA)	27:21.09	PB
15	Hassan Mead	United States  (USA)	27:32.49	PB
16	Zane Robertson	New Zealand  (NZL)	27:48.59	SB
17	Hiskel Tewelde	Eritrea  (ERI)	27:49.62	SB
18	Moses Kurong	Uganda  (UGA)	27:50.71
19	Onesphore Nzikwinkunda	Burundi  (BDI)	28:09.98	PB
20	Stephen Mokoka	South Africa  (RSA)	28:14.67	SB
21	Bayron Piedra	Ecuador  (ECU)	28:50.72	SB
22	Patrick Tiernan	Australia  (AUS)	29:23.72
	Nguse Amlosom	Eritrea  (ERI)	DNF
	Polat Kemboi Arıkan	Turkey  (TUR)	DNF

References

1. "10,000 Metres Men − Timetable". IAAF . Retrieved 31 July 2017.
2. Start list
3. "World Athletics Championships 2017: Mo Farah wins 10,000m gold – as it happened". The Guardian . 4 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
4. "10,000 Metres Men − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 31 July 2017.
5. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 14 August 2017.
6. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
7. "10,000 Metres Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.