2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the 2019 World Championships
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Joshua Cheptegei and Yomif Kejelcha at the end of the race
Venue Khalifa International Stadium
Dates6 October
Competitors21 from 12 nations
Winning time26:48.36
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
  2017
2022  
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The men's 10,000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on 6 October 2019. [1]

Contents

Summary

Seventeen of the twenty-one starters were born in Eastern Africa, a familiar situation for long distance events. Here the Kenyan team of Rhonex Kipruto and Rodgers Kwemoi took to the front to keep the pace fast and returning silver medalist Joshua Cheptegei, who was a favorite after the track retirement of Mo Farah, was also near the front. By the 5,000 metre mark at 13:33.20 (27:07 pace), only 10 had fallen off the back. Nine laps later, Cheptegei took over the front and two more fell off the back, though Hagos Gebrhiwet, Yemaneberhan Crippa and Lopez Lomong were barely hanging on to the fast-pace. Behind Cheptegei, the 19 year old Kipruto and the tall figure of the new indoor mile record holder Yomif Kejelcha looking like he was waiting to unleash that shorter distance speed. After Mohammed Ahmed fell off the back with 500 meters to go, the group was still five, single file, with Cheptegei still leading the race. Running through traffic at the bell, Kwemoi and Andamlak Belihu couldn't keep up and it looked like the medalsts were decided. Down the final backstretch, Kejelcha moved right onto Cheptegei's shoulder then into a slight lead. The gap left Kipruto running for bronze. As they entered the final turn Cheptegei kept Kejelcha on his outside, while he ran the shorter distance along the inside. Coming off the turn, Cheptegei had the speed, separating slightly from Kejelcha, growing to a 5 metre lead by the finish and claiming gold.

In 2024, both Kipruto and Kwemoi's results regarding the 2019 World Athletics Championships were disqualified, [2] [3] resulting in Andamlak Belihu receiving the bronze medal.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [4]

World record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)26:17.53 Brussels, Belgium 26 August 2005
Championship record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)26:46.31 Berlin, Germany 17 August 2009
World LeadingFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Hagos Gebrhiwet  (ETH)26:48.95 Hengelo, Netherlands 17 July 2019
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)26:44.36 Eugene, United States 30 May 2014
South American Record Flag of Brazil.svg  Marilson Gomes dos Santos  (BRA)27:28.12 Neerpelt, Belgium2 June 2007
European Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mo Farah  (GBR)26:46.57Eugene, United States3 June 2011
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Ben St. Lawrence  (AUS)27:24.95 Palo Alto, United States1 May 2011

The following records were set at the competition:

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
World leading26:48.36 Joshua Cheptegei Flag of Uganda.svg UGA 6 Oct 2019
Canadian 26:59.35 Mohammed Ahmed Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CAN
Italian 27:10.76 Yemaneberhan Crippa Flag of Italy.svg ITA

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 27:40.00. [5]

Only 18 qualifiers did it in the period: Onesphore Nzikwinkunda (BDI) 28:11.90, Rodrigue Kwizéra (BDI), and Thierry Ndikumwenayo (BDI), were qualified during Cross Country Championships (top finishing position at designated competitions – automatically qualifies, irrespective of whether his performance has reached the Entry Standard). Soufiane Bouchikhi and Yeman Crippa were invited to complete the event for Ranking.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: [6]

DateTimeRound
6 October20:00 Final

Results

The race started on 6 October at 20:04. [7]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Joshua Cheptegei Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)26:48.36 WL
Silver medal icon.svg Yomif Kejelcha Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)26:49.34 PB
Bronze medal icon.svg Andamlak Belihu Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)26:56.71
4 Mohammed Ahmed Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)26:59.35 NR
5 Lopez Lomong Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)27:04.72 PB
6 Yemaneberhan Crippa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)27:10.76 NR
7 Hagos Gebrhiwet Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)27:11.37
8 Shadrack Kipchirchir Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)27:24.74 SB
9 Alex Korio Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)27:28.74 PB
10 Sondre Nordstad Moen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)28:02.18
11 Leonard Korir Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)28:05.73
12 Soufiane Bouchikhi Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)28:15.43
13 Aron Kifle Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea  (ERI)28:16.74
14 Rodrigue Kwizera Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi  (BDI)28:21.92 PB
15 Abdallah Kibet Mande Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)28:31.49
16 Onesphore Nzikwinkunda Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi  (BDI)29:11.50
Hassan Chani Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR) DNF
Thierry Ndikumwenayo Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi  (BDI)
Julien Wanders Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)
Rodgers Kwemoi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN) DSQ
Rhonex Kipruto Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)

References

  1. "Start list" (PDF).
  2. "Kipruto" (PDF).
  3. "Kwemoi" (PDF).
  4. "10,000 Metres Men − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  5. "Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019". iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
  6. "10000 Metres Men − Timetable". IAAF . Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  7. "Final results" (PDF).