Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Stadium Australia
Dates22 September (heats)
25 September (final)
Competitors34 from 19 nations
Winning time27:18.20
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Haile Gebrselassie
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia
Silver medal icon.svg Paul Tergat
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg Assefa Mezgebu
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia
  1996
2004  

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Official Video Highlights @ 1:02
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Complete race

The 10,000 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme were held at Stadium Australia on Friday 22 September, and Monday 25 September 2000. [1] The winning margin was 0.09 seconds.

Without Haile Gebrselassie, Paul Tergat would have won everything since the previous Olympics. He was the silver medalist in the previous Olympics and the ensuing two world championships. He was the World Cross Country Champion five times in a row in Gebrselassie's absence. The final broke down to a team race, with three Kenyans vs Ethiopians Gebrselassie and Assefa Mezgebu. With a lap to go, John Korir held the lead marked by Gebrselassie, with Tergat marking him. Mezgebu moved from behind Tergat to Gebrselassie's shoulder, boxing Tergat along the rail through the penultimate turn. Down the backstretch, Tergat slowed down a step to get out of the box, then sprinting around the outside, past everyone. The sprint was on. Unlike previous finals, Tergat had the drop on Gebrselassie, making Geb chase, with only Mezgebu able to hold on behind. Down the homestretch both were in full sprint, Tergat ahead, Gebrselassie making progress but not advancing enough to pass. Gebrselassie continued to press, drawing even with less than ten metres to go. Tergat strained, his last several steps losing his balance while Gebrselassie held form to take the gold again.

Records

World and Olympic records prior to the Games
World Record26:22.75 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia Hengelo, Netherlands 1 June 1998
Olympic Record27:07.34 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia Atlanta, United States 29 July 1996

Medalists

Gold: Med 1.png Silver: Med 2.png Bronze: Med 3.png
Haile Gebrselassie, Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia Paul Tergat, Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Assefa Mezgebu, Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Qualifying heats

The top eight runners in each of the initial two heats automatically qualified for the final. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes.

Heat 1 of 2
Date: Friday 22 September 2000
PlaceAthleteNationOrderTimeQual.Record
HeatOverall
18 Haile Gebrselassie Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 227:50.01Q
210 Patrick Ivuti Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1527:50.10Q
311 John Korir Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 727:50.19Q
412 Assefa Mezgebu Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 827:50.64Q
516 Toshinari Takaoka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 327:59.95QSB
619 Samir Moussaoui Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 428:08.22Q
721 Abdihakim Abdirahman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 928:09.04Q
822 Enrique Molina Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 528:09.76Q
923 Andres Jones Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1328:11.20
1024 Armando Quintanilla Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1128:14.54
1125 Sisay Bezabeh Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1028:21.63
1227 Sean Kaley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1628:36.07
1328 Robert Denmark Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 128:43.74
1429 Shaun Creighton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1228:52.71
1532 Daniele Caimmi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1729:01.26
1633 Teodoro Cuñado Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1429:10.90
1734 Michael Aish Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 629:31.83
Heat 2 of 2
Date: Friday 22 September 2000
PlaceAthleteNationOrderTimeQual.Record
HeatOverall
11 Girma Tolla Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 727:44.01Q
22 Paul Tergat Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1027:44.07Q
33 Katsuhiko Hanada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 927:45.13QPB
44 Mohammed Mourhit Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 827:45.73Q
55 Said Berioui Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1127:45.83Q
66 Karl Keska Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 827:48:29QPB
77 David Galván Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1227:49.53Q
89 Aloys Nizigama Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 227:50.09QSB
913 José Rios Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 627:51.40q
1014 José Ramos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1327:56.30qPB
1115 Mebrahtom Keflezighi Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1527:58.96q
1217 Rachid Berradi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 128:01.18q
1318 Mauricio Díaz Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 428:05.61NR
1420 Yonas Kifle Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 528:08.59NR
1526 Jeff Schiebler Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 328:30.46
1630 Dmitry Maksimov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1428:54.15
1731 Alan Culpepper Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1629:00.71

Overall Results Semi-Finals

Semi-Finals
Overall Results
PlaceAthleteNationHeatOrderPlaceTimeQual.Record
1 Girma Tolla Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 27127:44.01Q
2 Paul Tergat Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 210227:44.07Q
3 Katsuhiko Hanada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 29327:45.13QPB
4 Mohammed Mourhit Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 217427:45.73Q
5 Said Berioui Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 211527:45.83Q
6 Karl Keska Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 28627:48:29QPB
7 David Galván Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 212727:49.53Q
8 Haile Gebrselassie Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 12127:50.01Q
9 Aloys Nizigama Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 22827:50.09QSB
10 Patrick Ivuti Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 115227:50.10Q
11 John Korir Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 17327:50.19Q
12 Assefa Mezgebu Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 18427:50.64Q
13 José Rios Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 26927:51.40q
14 José Ramos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2131027:56.30qPB
15 Mebrahtom Keflezighi Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2151127:58.96q
16 Toshinari Takaoka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 13627:59.95QSB
17 Rachid Berradi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 211228:01.18q
18 Mauricio Díaz Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 241328:05.61NR
19 Samir Moussaoui Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 14628:08.22Q
20 Yonas Kifle Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 251428:08.59NR
21 Abdihakim Abdirahman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19728:09.04Q
22 Enrique Molina Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 15828:09.76Q
23 Andres Jones Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 113928:11.20
24 Armando Quintanilla Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1111028:14.54
25 Sisay Bezabeh Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1101128:21.63
26 Jeff Schiebler Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 231528:30.46
27 Sean Kaley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1161228:36.07
28 Robert Denmark Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 111328:43.74
29 Shaun Creighton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1121428:52.71
30 Dmitry Maksimov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2141628:54.15
31 Alan Culpepper Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2161729:00.71
32 Daniele Caimmi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1171529:01.26
33 Teodoro Cunado Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1141629:10.90
34 Michael Aish Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 161729:31.83

Final

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Competition underway
Athletes after crossing the finish line Mens10000finish2.jpg
Athletes after crossing the finish line
Final
Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Time:
PlaceAthleteNationOrderTimeRecord
1 Haile Gebrselassie Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 1927:18.20SB
2 Paul Tergat Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 827:18.29
3 Assefa Mezgebu Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 227:19.75SB
4 Patrick Ivuti Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1627:20.44
5 John Korir Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2027:24.75PB
6 Said Berioui Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 727:37.83SB
7 Toshinari Takaoka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 927:40.44PB
8 Karl Keska Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 627:44.09PB
9 Aloys Nizigama Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 1227:44.56SB
10 Abdihakim Abdirahman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1827:46.17PB
11 Girma Tolla Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 1527:49.75
12 Mebrahtom Keflezighi Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1327:53.63PB
13 David Galvan Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1127:54.56
14 Jose Ramos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 428:07.43
15 Katsuhiko Hanada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1728:08.11
16 Samir Moussaoui Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 328:17.25
17 Rachid Berradi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1028:45.96
18 Jose Rios Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 128:50.31
- Enrique Molina Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 14DNF
- Mohammed Mourhit Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 5DNF

References

  1. "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney: Men's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2017.