Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Stadium
DatesAugust 17
Competitors39 from 21 nations
Winning time27:01.17 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kenenisa Bekele Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia
Silver medal icon.svg Sileshi Sihine Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia
Bronze medal icon.svg Micah Kogo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
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The Men's 10,000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] The winning margin was 1.60 seconds.

The race was dominated by the Ethiopian and Kenyan teams along with Tadese of Eritrea. With 200m remaining, Bekele pulled away from the rest of the field with a final lap of 53.42 seconds, winning his second 10,000m Olympic gold medal.

Competition format

The qualifying standards for the 2008 event were 27:50.00 (A standard) and 28:10.00 (B standard). [2]

The Men's 10,000m competition consisted of only one race the Final.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows:

World record Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:17.53 Brussels, Belgium 26 August 2005
Olympic recordFlag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)27:05.10 Athens, Greece 20 August 2004
World LeadingFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)26:25.97 Eugene, Oregon, United States8 June 2008

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

DateEventAthleteTimeNotes
17 August 2008FinalFlag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)27:01.17 OR

Results

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes [3]
Gold medal icon.svg Kenenisa Bekele Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 27:01.17 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Sileshi Sihine Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 27:02.77
Bronze medal icon.svg Micah Kogo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 27:04.11SB
4 Moses Ndiema Masai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 27:04.11SB
5 Zersenay Tadese Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 27:05.11
6 Haile Gebrselassie Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 27:06.68
7 Martin Irungu Mathathi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 27:08.25PB
8 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar 27:23.75SB
9 Fabiano Joseph Naasi Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 27:25.33
10 Boniface Kiprop Toroitich Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 27:27.28
11 Selim Bayrak Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 27:29.33NR
12 Kidane Tadesse Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 27:36.11
13 Galen Rupp Flag of the United States.svg  United States 27:36.99SB
14 Dickson Marwa Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 27:48.03
15 Abdihakim Abdirahman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 27:52.53
16 Abdellah Falil Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 27:53.14
17 Juan Carlos de la Ossa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 27:54.20
18 Hasan Mahboob Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 27:55.14
19 Dieudonné Disi Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 27:56.74
20 Essa Ismail Rashed Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar 27:58.67
21 Samwel Shauri Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 28:06.26
22 Felix Kikwai Kibore Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar 28:11.92
23 Carles Castillejo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 28:13.68
24 Ayad Lamdassem Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 28:13.73
25 Jorge Torres Flag of the United States.svg  United States 28:13.93
26 Surendra Kumar Singh Flag of India.svg  India 28:13.97
27 Günther Weidlinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 28:14.38
28 Kensuke Takezawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 28:23.28
29 Juan Carlos Romero Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 28:26.57
30 Sergey Ivanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 28:34.72
31 Takayuki Matsumiya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 28:39.77
32 Teklemariam Medhin Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 28:54.33
33 Eric Gillis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 29:08.10
34 Rui Pedro Silva Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 29:09.03
35 Alejandro Suárez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 29:24.78
Cuthbert Nyasango Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe DNF
David Galván Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico DNF
Mohamed El Hachimi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco DNF
Khoudir Aggoune Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria DNS

OR - Olympic Record, NR - National Record, PB - Personal Best, SB - Season Best

Splits

IntermediateAthleteCountryMark
1000m Alejandro Suárez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:50.15
2000m Kidane Tadese Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 5:27.32
3000m Kidane Tadese Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 8:09.93
4000m Kidane Tadese Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 10:59.51
5000m Kidane Tadese Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 13:48.00
6000m Haile Gebrselassie Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 16:33.92
7000m Zersenay Tadese Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 19:14.71
8000m Zersenay Tadese Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 21:53.78
9000m Micah Kogo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 24:34.07

References

  1. "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  3. "Iaaf.org - Olympic Games 2008 - Results 08-17-2008 - 10 000 Metres M Final". Archived from the original on 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-08-17.