Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates23 September 1988 (heats)
26 September 1988 (final)
Competitors51 from 36 nations
Winning time27:21.48 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Brahim Boutayeb
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Silver medal icon.svg Salvatore Antibo
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Kipkemboi Kimeli
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
  1984
1992  

The men's 10,000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 52 competitors, with two qualifying heats (52) before the final (20) took place on Monday September 26, 1988. [1] The winning margin was 2.09 seconds.

Through the halfway mark, Kipkemboi Kimeli was pushing the pace close to the world record, marked by Brahim Boutayeb. Only Moses Tanui and trailing off the back Salvatore Antibo managed to stay in contact. More than 60 metres back, Arturo Barrios led the chase pack. As Tanui came up behind Boutayeb to tighten the lead group of three, Boutayeb went around Kimeli. The two Kenyans ran together in chase for part of a lap then Tanui was unable to keep up with the accelerated pace. Kimeli managed to keep close to Boutayeb but ever so slightly was losing ground. As Tanui faded, Antibo accelerated to move himself into a stronger medal position. By 5 laps to go, Antibo closed down on Kimeli. The two were jockeying for the position, Antibo first sprinting past Kimeli, then Kimeli accelerating away from Antibo. Boutayeb entered the last lap with a 20-metre lead and ran the last lap checking behind him. Coming down the home stretch, realizing the world record was out of reach, he slowed the last 30 metres and celebrated, blowing kisses to the crowd. Behind him, Antibo made one more move, sprinting around Kimeli, sprinting for home for the silver. Kimeli was unable to respond and cruised home for bronze still more than eleven seconds up on Jean-Louis Prianon and the best sprinting efforts of the rest of the pack.

Medalists

Gold Brahim Boutayeb
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Silver Salvatore Antibo
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Bronze Kipkemboi Kimeli
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record27:13.81 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Fernando Mamede Stockholm (SWE)July 2, 1984
Olympic Record27:38.35 Flag of Finland.svg Lasse Virén Munich (FRG)September 3, 1972

The following Olympic record (in minutes) was set during this competition.

DateEventAthleteTimeORWR
September 26, 1988FinalFlag of Morocco.svg  Brahim Boutayeb  (MAR)27:21.46OR

Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of Morocco.svg  Brahim Boutayeb  (MAR)27:21.46
Med 2.png Flag of Italy.svg  Salvatore Antibo  (ITA)27:23.55
Med 3.png Flag of Kenya.svg  Kipkemboi Kimeli  (KEN)27:25.16
4.Flag of France.svg  Jean-Louis Prianon  (FRA)27:36.43
5.Flag of Mexico.svg  Arturo Barrios  (MEX)27:39.32
6.Flag of East Germany.svg  Hansjörg Kunze  (GDR)27:39.35
7.Flag of France.svg  Paul Arpin  (FRA)27:39.36
8.Flag of Kenya.svg  Moses Tanui  (KEN)27:47.23
9.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marti ten Kate  (NED)27:50.30
10.Flag of Spain.svg  Antonio Prieto  (ESP)27:52.78
11.Flag of Mexico.svg  Mauricio González  (MEX)27:59.90
12.Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Evgeni Ignatov  (BUL)28:09.32
13.Flag of Portugal.svg  António Pinto  (POR)28:09.53
14.Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kozu Akutsu  (JPN)28:09.70
15.Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Rolando Vera  (ECU)28:17.64
16.Flag of Norway.svg  John Halvorsen  (NOR)28:39.35
17.Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Shuichi Yoneshige  (JPN)29:04.44
18.Flag of the United States.svg  Bruce Bickford  (USA)29:09.74
Flag of Kenya.svg  Boniface Merande  (KEN)DNF
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Eamonn Martin  (GBR)DNF

Non-qualifiers

RANKQUALIFYING HEATSTIME
21.Flag of Portugal.svg  Ezequiel Canario  (POR)28:43.02
22.Flag of Italy.svg  Alberto Cova  (ITA)28:43.84
23.Flag of the United States.svg  Pat Porter  (USA)28:45.04
24.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Steve Binns  (GBR)28:52.88
25.Flag of Spain.svg  Antonio Serrano  (ESP)29:01.13
26.Flag of Sudan.svg  Musa Ahmed Joda  (SUD)29:03.87
27.Flag of Colombia.svg  Pedro Ortiz  (COL)29:08.25
28.Flag of Mexico.svg  Marcos Barreto  (MEX)29:18.14
29.Flag of Tanzania.svg  Boay Akonay  (TAN)29:19.06
30.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Paul McCloy  (CAN)29:34.07
31.Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Lee Sang-geun  (KOR)29:37.14
32.Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Ahmed Ebrahim Warsama  (QAT)29:37.99
33.Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Stanley Mandebele  (ZIM)29:50.99
34.Flag of Indonesia.svg  Eduardus Nabunome  (INA)29:55.23
35.Flag of Djibouti.svg  Talal Omar Abdillahi  (DJI)30:08.53
36.Flag of Bolivia.svg  Policarpio Calizaya  (BOL)30:35.01
37.Flag of Chad.svg  Ismael Yaya  (CHA)30:47.29 (NR)
38.Flag of Nepal.svg  Haribahadur Rokaya  (NEP)30:48.16
39.Flag of Malawi.svg  Charles Naveko  (MAW)31:23.53
40.Flag of North Yemen.svg  Abdul Karim Daoud  (YAR)32:33.04
41.Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Aaron Dupnai (PNG)32:50.63
42.Flag of Fiji.svg  Bineshwar Prasad  (FIJ)33:30.43
43.Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  John Maeke  (SOL)35:16.93
Flag of Spain.svg  Jose Manuel Albentosa  (ESP)DNF
Flag of Portugal.svg  Dionisio Castro  (POR)DNF
Flag of Australia.svg  Andrew Lloyd  (AUS)DNF
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Paul Williams  (CAN)DNF
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Mike McLeod  (GBR)DNF
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Kamana Koji (ZAI)DNF
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Tsukasa Endo  (JPN)DNF
Flag of the United States.svg  Steve Plasencia  (USA)DNF
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Martin Vrábel  (TCH)DNF

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul: Men's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2017.