2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres
at the 2023 World Championships
5000m men final Budapest 2023.jpg
Final of the event
Venue National Athletics Centre
Dates24 August (heats)
27 August (final)
Competitors44 from 24 nations
Winning time13:11.30
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
  2022
2025  

The men's 5000 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 24 and 27 August 2023. [1] Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the gold medal, followed by Mohamed Katir and Jacob Krop.

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Summary

There was a little drama in the opening heats. World record holder Joshua Cheptegei did not run. In the first heat, Sam Parsons tripped. As he went down, Stewie McSweyn tripped over him and was taken out of contention. Referees awarded McSweyn a place in the final. [2]

Seventeen athletes toed the line. After sorting things out for two laps at 68 seconds per lap pace, Ishmael Rokitto Kipkurui threw in a 62 and nobody went with him. They let him have his day in the sun for 4 laps, then the peloton reeled him in. A leading pack mostly led by Berihu Aregawi then picked up the pace, 65, 62, 63, but the pack stayed as a group, very few were dropping off the pace. Three laps to go, it was time to race. While the Ethiopians Aregawi and Hagos Gebrhiwet were driving the pace, Luis Grijalva, Mohamed Ismail and Jimmy Gressier were always lurking on the front of the pack, defending champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Mohamed Katir, both of whom had competed in the 1500, were towards the back. Both felt they had something to prove. Ingebrigtsen was upset he had only won a silver medal in the 1500, losing gold to a Scottsman, this time Josh Kerr, for the second championships in a row. Katir, a bronze medalist from 2022, was upset he did not even make the 1500 final. With 3 laps to go Katir, followed by Ingebrigtsen, drifted towards the front. This move also brought the attention of Jacob Krop, Yomif Kejelcha and Mohammed Ahmed. The next 62 second lap strung out the back of the pack while there was a crowd near the front. The next lap at 58 pace congealed to 9. Coming in to the bell, there was a scramble. Seeing an opening one the inside as Aregawi drifted out, Gressier tried to sneak by on the inside. Aregawi closed the door and Gressier drifted back. Gebrhiwet, riding Aregawi's shoulder, was the reason he drifted out in the first place. When one door closed, it opened another for Gebrhiwet who pounced into the lead at the bell. Through the turn, Katir followed Gebrhiwet. Onto the backstretch, Katir used his 1500 speed to move to the lead, opening up 2 metres. Behind him, Ingebrigtsen had been boxed to the inside by Kejelcha. Ingebrigtsen had to drift out to lane 3 with Kejelcha still to his outside. Then he had to outrun Aregawi to get running room. Through the final turn Ingebrigtsen got around Gebrhiwet, the last of the three Ethiopians, spending considerable effort. Coming off the turn, he looked back to see if they were still mounting a challenge, no problem there, then he took off after Katir quickly getting to within a metre. But Ingebrigtsen was not making any more progress. Halfway down the straightaway it was as if he thought to himself, "I could just run in to get a Silver medal. No, I'm here to get Gold." He made one more push, slowly getting past Katir. Having given all he could to the effort, he even leaned for the line to make sure. It was not easy, but Ingebrigtsen had defended the title. 10 metres in back of the duo, the rest of the large pack were still battling the three Ethiopians. Six runners, four lanes wide halfway down the home stretch, Grijalva, Ahmed and Krop were racing for bronze. Sprinting down lane 3, from seventh place with 200 to go, Krop emerged in front to take the third medal.[ citation needed ]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [3]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of Uganda.svg  Joshua Cheptegei  (UGA)12:35.36 Fontvieille, Monaco14 August 2020
Championship record Flag of Kenya.svg  Eliud Kipchoge  (KEN)12:52.79 Saint-Denis, France31 August 2003
World LeadingFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Berihu Aregawi  (ETH)12:40.45 Lausanne, Switzerland 30 June 2023
African Record Flag of Uganda.svg  Joshua Cheptegei  (UGA)12:35.36 Fontvieille, Monaco14 August 2020
Asian Record Flag of Bahrain.svg  Albert Rop  (BHR)12:51.9619 July 2013
European Record Flag of Spain.svg  Mohamed Katir  (ESP)12:45.0121 July 2023
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Grant Fisher  (USA)12:46.96 Brussels, Belgium2 September 2022
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Craig Mottram  (AUS)12:55.76 London, United Kingdom30 July 2004
South American Record Flag of Argentina.svg  Federico Bruno  (ARG)13:11.57 Palo Alto, United States21 April 2023

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 13:07.00. [4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
24 August19:00 Heats
27 August20:20 Final

Results

Heats

The first 8 athletes in each heat (Q) qualified for the final. [5] The overall results were as follows: [6] [7]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Luis Grijalva Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 13:32.72Q
22 Yomif Kejelcha Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 13:32.83Q
32 Mohammed Ahmed Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13:33.16Q
42 Berihu Aregawi Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 13:33.23Q
52 Oscar Chelimo Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 13:33.40Q, SB
62 Mohamed Ismail Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 13:33.51Q
72 Ishmael Rokitto Kipkurui Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:33.63Q
2 Jacob Krop Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:33.63Q
92 Thierry Ndikumwenayo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13:34.03
102 Rodrigue Kwizera Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 13:35.81
111 Mohamed Katir Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13:35.90Q
121 Hagos Gebrhiwet Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 13:36.15Q
131 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:36.21Q, SB
141 Ouassim Oumaiz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13:36.35Q
152 Magnus Tuv Myhre Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:36.36
161 Abdihamid Nur Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13:36.37Q
171 Jimmy Gressier Flag of France.svg  France 13:36.42Q
181 Paul Chelimo Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13:36.51Q
191 Narve Gilje Nordås Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:36.55Q
201 Andreas Almgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 13:36.57
211 Egide Ntakarutimana Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 13:37.53
222 Jonas Raess Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 13:37.84
231 Ben Flanagan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13:38.69
242 Henrik Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:38.80
251 Mike Foppen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13:38.94
261 John Heymans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 13:39.67
272 Hugo Hay Flag of France.svg  France 13:39.76
282 Sean McGorty Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13:40.28
291 Nicholas Kimeli Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:40.43
301 Birhanu Balew Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 13:41.00
311 Brian Fay Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 13:42.86
322 Morgan McDonald Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 13:43.58
331 Cornelius Kemboi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:44.32
342 Hyuga Endo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 13:50.49
351 Kazuya Shiojiri Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 13:51.00
362 Emil Danielsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 13:54.35
372 Robin Hendrix Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 13:55.81
381 Stewart McSweyn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 13:56.81 qR
391 Sam Parsons Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14:03.14
402 Samuel Freire Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 14:03.14 PB
412 Ferenc Soma Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 14:11.99 SB
422 Mohamed Hrezi Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 14:14.72 SB
431 Valentín Soca Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 14:16.15
1 Joshua Cheptegei Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda DNS

Final

The final was started on 27 August at 20:20. [8]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:11.30 SB
Silver medal icon.svg Mohamed Katir Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13:11.44
Bronze medal icon.svg Jacob Krop Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:12.28
4 Luis Grijalva Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 13:12.50
5 Yomif Kejelcha Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 13:12.51
6 Hagos Gebrhiwet Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 13:12.65
7 Mohammed Ahmed Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13:12.92
8 Berihu Aregawi Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 13:12.99
9 Jimmy Gressier Flag of France.svg  France 13:17.20
10 Ishmael Kipkurui Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:21.20
11 Mohamed Ismail Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 13:23.89
12 Abdihamid Nur Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13:23.90
13 Stewart McSweyn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 13:26.58
14 Narve Gilje Nordås Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:28.73
15 Paul Chelimo Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13:30.88
16 Ouassim Oumaiz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13:31.99
Oscar Chelimo Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda DNF

References

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