2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the 2022 World Championships
Venue Hayward Field
Dates17 July (final)
Competitors27 from 15 nations
Winning time27:27.43
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
  2019
2023  

The men's 10,000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 17 July 2022. [1]

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Summary

After sorting themselves through the break, Carlos Mayo took over the point, followed by world record holder Joshua Cheptegei and the full American contingent of Grant Fisher, Joe Klecker and Sean McGorty. Near the back of the pack Stanley Mburu fell to the track, getting quickly to his feet and returning to the pack with a noticeable welt developing on his right knee. For the next 8 laps, Mayo led them through a steady diet of 66 second laps. On the third lap, Mburu was tripped again but kept upright. Next to take over leading duties was Cheptegei's Ugandan teammate Stephen Kissa. This move got the attention of Olympic Champion Selemon Barega who moved into the top group. The two Ugandan's shared duties until just before the half way point when Barega moved to the front. This brought the third Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo to take over. Kiplimo opened up a few meters gap with a 64, only covered by Barega, but that was short lived as the next two laps were only 65. The entire field was a single pack until about halfway, now a single file line as a few began to fall off the back, soon including early leader Kissa. With 8 to go, Cheptegei again moved forward, marked by Barega while 15 remained in the pack behind them. At the head of the pack Cheptegei actually slowed the pace to 68 seconds for a couple of laps before dropping it to 65 seconds with 3 to go and 63 seconds with 2 to go. Four athletes lost contact with the pack. On the penultimate lap, Berihu Aregawi ran a 60.3 to move up to the lead before the bell with Mburu splitting Cheptegei and Barega. 8 were still in contention at the bell. Cheptegei took back the lead on the turn, down the backstretch Barega moved up onto his outside shoulder. Cheptegei perceived the threat and opened up a metre gap through the final turn. On the final sprint for home, Cheptegei opened up more space. 40 metres out, Mburu passed Barega. A couple of steps later, Kiplimo went by. And ten meters before the finish, Fisher passed Barega in full sprint, but couldn't catch Kiplimo for bronze.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of Uganda.svg  Joshua Cheptegei  (UGA)26:11.00 Valencia, Spain 7 October 2020
Championship record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)26:46.31 Berlin, Germany 17 August 2009
World Leading Flag of the United States.svg  Grant Fisher  (USA)26:33.84 San Juan Capistrano, United States 6 March 2022
African Record Flag of Uganda.svg  Joshua Cheptegei  (UGA)26:11.00 Valencia, Spain 7 October 2020
Asian Record Flag of Qatar.svg  Ahmad Hassan Abdullah  (QAT)26:38.76 Brussels, Belgium 5 September 2003
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Grant Fisher  (USA)26:33.84 San Juan Capistrano, United States 6 March 2022
South American Record Flag of Brazil.svg  Marilson Gomes dos Santos  (BRA)27:28.12 Neerpelt, Belgium 2 June 2007
European Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mo Farah  (GBR)26:46.57 Eugene, United States 3 June 2011
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jack Rayner  (AUS)27:15.35 San Juan Capistrano, United States 6 March 2022

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 27:28.00. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

DateTimeRound
17 July13:00 Final

Results

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Joshua Cheptegei Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)27:27.43 SB
Silver medal icon.svg Stanley Mburu Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)27:27.90 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Jacob Kiplimo Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)27:27.97 SB
4 Grant Fisher Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)27:28.14
5 Selemon Barega Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)27:28.39
6 Mohamed Ahmed Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)27:30.27
7 Berihu Aregawi Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)27:31.00
8 Daniel Mateiko Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)27:33.57 SB
9 Joe Klecker Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)27:38.73 SB
10 Isaac Kimeli Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)27:43.50 SB
11 Jimmy Gressier Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)27:44.55
12 Sean McGorty Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)27:46.30
13 Carlos Mayo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)27:50.61
14 Tadese Worku Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)27:51.25
15 Rodgers Kwemoi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)27:52.26
16 Rodrigue Kwizera Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi  (BDI)28:01.49
17 Habtom Samuel Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea  (ERI)28:01.81
18 Egide Ntakarutimana Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi  (BDI)28:24.07
19 Jack Rayner Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)28:24.12
20 Ren Tazawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)28:24.25
21 Zouhair Talbi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)28:28.69
22 Tatsuhiko Ito Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)28:57.85
23 Patrick Dever Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)29:13.88
24 Stephen Kissa Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)29:21.10 SB

References

  1. Timetable
  2. "10,000 Metres Men − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.