Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates	26 July 1996 (heats) 29 July 1996 (final)
Competitors	46 from 30 nations
Winning time	27:07.34 OR
Medalists
Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia Paul Tergat   Kenya Salah Hissou   Morocco
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Official Video Highlights

These are the official results of the men's 10,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The final was held on July 29, 1996. ^[1] The winning margin was 0.83 seconds.

Medalists

Gold	Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia
Silver	Paul Tergat  Kenya
Bronze	Salah Hissou  Morocco

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	26:43.53	Haile Gebrselassie	Hengelo (NED)	June 5, 1995
Olympic Record	27:21.46	Brahim Boutayeb	Seoul (KOR)	September 26, 1988

Haile Gebrselassie set a new Olympic record with 27:07.34 in the final.

Ranking

Final RANK FINAL TIME   Haile Gebrselassie  (ETH) 27:07.34   Paul Tergat  (KEN) 27:08.17   Salah Hissou  (MAR) 27:24.67 4.   Aloÿs Nizigama  (BDI) 27:33.79 5.   Josphat Machuka  (KEN) 27:35.08 6.   Paul Koech  (KEN) 27:35.19 7.   Khalid Skah  (MAR) 27:46.98 8.   Mathias Ntawulikura  (RWA) 27:50.73 9.   Stéphane Franke  (GER) 27:59.08 10.   Jon Brown  (GBR) 27:59.72 11.   Armando Quintanilla  (MEX) 28:09.46 12.   Marko Hhawu  (TAN) 28:20.58 13.   Abel Antón  (ESP) 28:29.37 14.   Carlos de la Torre  (ESP) 28:32.11 15.   Alejandro Gómez  (ESP) 28:39.11 16.   Zoltán Káldy  (HUN) 28:45.48 17.   Worku Bikila  (ETH) 28:59.15 18.   Stefano Baldini  (ITA) 29:07.77 19.   Alyan Al-Qahtani  (KSA) DNF 20.   Paul Evans  (GBR) DNF

Non-qualifiers RANK NON-QUALIFIERS TIME 21   Silvio Guerra  (ECU) 28:30.15 22   Abraham Assefa  (ETH) 28:32.24 23   Toshinari Takaoka  (JPN) 28:38.18 24   Robbie Johnston  (NZL) 28:40.60 25   Shaun Creighton  (AUS) 28:44.29 26   Alfredo Brás  (POR) 28:50.28 27   Katsuhiko Hanada  (JPN) 28:52.22 28   Róbert Štefko  (SVK) 29:03.80 29   Hendrick Ramaala  (RSA) 29:07.81 30   Brad Barquist  (USA) 29:11.20 31   Charles Mulinga  (ZAM) 29:14.99 32   Carlos Patrício  (POR) 29:15.41 33   Miroslav Vanko  (SVK) 29:17.53 34   Sean Dollman  (IRL) 29:19.03 35   Hamid Sadjadi  (IRI) 29:22.65 36   Ronaldo da Costa  (BRA) 29:26.58 37   Jeff Schiebler  (CAN) 29:47.79 38   Dan Middleman  (USA) 29:50.72 39   Mohamed Ezzher  (FRA) 29:55.34 40   Martín Pitayo  (MEX) 30:32.20 41   Herder Vasquez  (COL) 33:26.15 42   Majed Abu Maraheel  (PLE) 34:40.50 -   Larbi Zéroual  (MAR) DNF -   Abdellah Béhar  (FRA) DNF -   Paulo Guerra  (POR) DNF -   Todd Williams  (USA) DNF -   Julian Paynter  (AUS) DNS -   Yasuyuki Watanabe  [ jp ] (JPN) DNS

Qualification

Group 1 Place Name Nation Time Note 1 Worku Bikila   Ethiopia 27:50,57 Q 2 Paul Tergat   Kenya 27:50,66 Q 3 Mathias Ntawulikura   Rwanda 27:51,69 Q 4 Aloÿs Nizigama   Burundi 27:53,21 Q 5 Salah Hissou   Morocco 27:53,32 Q 6 Stefano Baldini   Italy 27:55,79 Q 7 Abel Antón   Spain 27:56,26 Q 8 Carlos de la Torre   Spain 28:04,14 Q 9 Zoltán Káldy   Hungary 28:13,49 q 10 Marko Hhawu   Tanzania 28:14,08 q 11 Paul Evans   United Kingdom 28:24,39 q 12 Robbie Johnston   New Zealand 28:40,60 13 Katsuhiko Hanada   Japan 28:52,22 14 Róbert Štefko   Slovakia 29:03,80 15 Carlos Patrício   Portugal 29:15,41 16 Ronaldo da Costa   Brazil 29:26,58 17 Dan Middleman   United States 29:50,72 18 Mohamed Ezzher   France 29:55,34 19 Martín Pitayo   Mexico 30:32,20 20 Herder Vázquez   Colombia 33:26,15 21 Majed Abu Maraheel   Palestine 34:40,50 — Larbi Zéroual   Morocco DNF Julian Paynter   Australia DNS Yasuyuki Watanabe  [ jp ]   Japan

Group 2 Rank Name Nation Time Note 1 Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia 28:14,20 Q 2 Josephat Machuka   Kenya 28:14,27 Q 3 Paul Koech   Kenya 28:17,48 Q 4 Jon Brown   Great Britain 28:19,85 Q 5 Alyan Al-Qahtani   Saudi Arabia 28:22,35 Q 6 Khalid Skah   Morocco 28:23,21 Q 7 Stéphane Franke   Germany 28:24,30 Q 8 Armando Quintanilla   Mexico 28:27,28 Q 9 Alejandro Gómez   Spain 28:28,16 q 10 Silvio Guerra   Ecuador 28:30,15 11 Abraham Assefa   Ethiopia 28:32,24 12 Toshinari Takaoka   Japan 28:38,18 13 Shaun Creighton   Australia 28:44,29 14 Alfredo Brás   Portugal 28:50,28 15 Hendrick Ramaala   South Africa 29:07,81 16 Brad Barquist   United States 29:11,20 17 Charles Mulinga   Zambia 29:14,99 18 Miroslav Vanko   Slovakia 29:17,53 19 Sean Dollman   Ireland 29:19,03 20 Hamid Sajjadi   Iran 29:22,65 21 Jeff Schiebler   Canada 29:47,79 — Abdellah Béhar   France DNF Paulo Guerra   Portugal Todd Williams   United States

See also

• 1995 Men's World Championships 10.000 metres
• 1997 Men's World Championships 10.000 metres
• 1998 Men's European Championships 10.000 metres

References

1. "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta: Men's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

External links

• Official Report
• Results